Usually means: Lack of brightness or color.
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  1. drabness: Merriam-Webster
  2. drabness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. drabness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. drabness: Vocabulary.com
  5. drabness: Wordnik
  6. drabness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. drabness: Wiktionary
  8. drabness: Dictionary.com
  9. Drabness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. drabness: Rhymezone
  11. drabness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. drabness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. drabness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. drabness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drabness)

▸ noun:  The characteristic of being drab.

Similar:
dowdiness, homeliness, dreariness, drearness, druxiness, dullardness, draggledness, dragginess, dullness, drossiness, more...

Opposite:
vibrancy, colorfulness, liveliness, brightness

Types:
dreariness, gloominess, sadness, unhappiness, depression, dejection, melancholy, more...

Adjectives:
general, very, uniform, unrelieved, gray, grey, certain, dull, utter, overall, universal



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Similar:
dowdiness, homeliness, dreariness, drearness, druxiness, dullardness, draggledness, dragginess, dullness, drossiness, more...

Opposite:
vibrancy, colorfulness, liveliness, brightness

Types:
dreariness, gloominess, sadness, unhappiness, depression, dejection, melancholy, more...

Adjectives:
general, very, uniform, unrelieved, gray, grey, certain, dull, utter, overall, universal



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