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Boring or severely lacking in interest

Lacking in color, vividness or brightness

Having a dull, light-brown color

Having a pale or gray color

Deeply pessimistic

More typically used to describe women than men

Dingy and stuffy

Displeasing to the eye

(dated) A woman who engages in promiscuity for money

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Adjective

Boring or severely lacking in interest

non-stimulating

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

dull as dishwater

undistinguished

no great shakes

nothing to write home about

common or garden

lacking variety

soul-destroying

dull as ditchwater

lacking excitement

lacking interest

lacking variation

undemonstrative

unexceptionable

unobjectionable

run of the mill

without variety

straightforward

lacking vitality

two-dimensional

puts one to sleep

flat as pancake

run-of-the-mine

devoid of feeling

devoid of emotion

matter-of- fact

inconsequential

nothing special

of little consequence

of little importance

of no consequence

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no great concern

nothing to get excited about

fair-to-middling

unsophisticated

lacking in vitality

straight-thinking

behind the times

with both feet on the ground

fair to middling

demoralizing^US

in the doldrums

demoralising^UK

lacking personality

lacking charisma

of poor quality

par for the course

incomprehensible

run-of-the mill

unextraordinary

middle of the road

nothing out of the ordinary

not amounting to much

desensitized^US

uncompassionate

matter-of-course

anesthetized^US

along for the ride

desensitised^UK

anaesthetized^UK

backward-looking

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

lacking originality

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“The game turned out to be a dispassionately drab affair, and the Neanderthals in the stands soon found other ways to amuse themselves.”

Adjective

Lacking in color, vividness or brightness

dark-colored^US

dark-coloured^UK

black and white

black-and-white

like death warmed up

white as a sheet

drained of color

as white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

anaemic-looking

looking as if one had seen a ghost

unhealthy-looking

jaundiced-looking

greenish-yellow

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“They were divided neatly into standard classroom units and given a monastically austere appearance with drab walls.”

Adjective

Having a dull, light-brown color

“Several shades of drab have been used for military uniforms, including the above-mentioned light-brown color.”

Adjective

Having a pale or gray color

indistinguishable

light-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

neither one thing nor the other

brownish-yellow

yellowish-brown

coffee-coloured

oatmeal-coloured

biscuit-coloured

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Adjective

Deeply pessimistic

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

heart-wrenching

poverty-stricken

no laughing matter

of great import

of significance

of great importance

of great consequence

uncommunicative

with a long face

given to looking on the black side

sick as a parrot

discombobulated

looking on the black side

having blue devils

having the blahs

singing the blues

full of hardship

deep in thought

bound and determined

strictly business

earth-shattering

anti-democratic

ill-humoured^UK

matter of life and death

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Adjective

More typically used to describe women than men

unsophisticated

behind the times

good-for-nothing

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Adjective

Dingy and stuffy

Adjective

Displeasing to the eye

unprepossessing

frightful-looking

ill-favoured^UK

not much to look at

no oil painting

misproportioned

not much for looks

hard on the eyes

plain as a pikestaff

ordinary-looking

as plain as a pikestaff

demoralizing^US

very unpleasant

like the back end of a bus

demoralising^UK

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

beyond contempt

dissatisfactory

strong-smelling

unsportsmanlike

stinking to high heaven

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

unfavourable^UK

not the done thing

disadvantageous

a load of pants

beneath contempt

not good enough

not to be borne

unpleasant to breathe

unfit to breathe

very disgusting

highly improper

no great shakes

leaving a lot to be desired

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

beyond description

indescribably evil

not quite the thing

strictly for the birds

counterproductive

life-threatening

suggestive of evil

ill-humoured^UK

environmentally unfriendly

out of character with

out of character

out of place with

good-for-nothing

inappropriate to

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to try the patience of Job

beyond endurance

too much to bear

of poor quality

less-than-stellar

not quite the done thing

not up to standard

lacking in propriety

unfit for human consumption

more than flesh and blood can stand

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Noun

(dated) A woman who engages in promiscuity for money

woman of the street

woman of the streets

grande horizontale

lady of pleasure

woman on the game

woman of the night

lady of the night

member of the oldest profession

woman of ill repute

lady of the evening

male prostitute

promiscuous woman

woman of easy virtue

person of easy virtue

lady of easy virtue

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“Ineffable sarcasm underlined the word 'bride', suggesting that Mrs. Mudge must be a drab who had married for respectability.”

Noun

Light brown

leather-colored

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