Difference between Dull and Drab

DULL vs DRAB: NOUN

A noose of string or wire used to snare fish; usually, a noose of bright copper wire attached by a short string to a stout pole.

A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.
A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab blee.
A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
A lewd wench; a strumpet.
A low, sluttish woman.
A strumpet; a prostitute.
A slut; a slattern.
An English collectors' name for a number of noctuid moths of a drab color: as, the clouded drab, Tæniocampa instabilis; the northern drab, T. opima; the lead-colored drab, T. populeti.
A yellowish-gray tint.
A thick woolen cloth of a yellowish-gray color.
A kind of wooden box used in salt-works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling-pans. Its bottom is shelving or inclining, that the water may drain off.
A woman prostitute.
A slovenly woman; a slattern.
A negligible amount.
Cloth of this color or of an unbleached natural color.
A dull grayish to yellowish or light olive brown.

DULL vs DRAB: ADJECTIVE

Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster.
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; ; hence, cloudy; overcast.
Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim
Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
Insensible; unfeeling.
Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Dispirited; depressed.
Lacking responsiveness or alertness; insensitive.
Intellectually weak or obtuse; stupid.
Not clear or resonant.
Cloudy or overcast.
Not bright, vivid, or shiny.
Not intensely or keenly felt.
Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt.
Not brisk or rapid; sluggish.
Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring.
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Lacking in liveliness or animation
Not keenly felt
Not having a sharp edge or point
Darkened with overcast
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
Emitting or reflecting very little light
(of business) not active or brisk
Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
Being or made softer or less loud or clear

Causing dejection
Of a light brownish green color
Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour.
Of a color between gray and brown.
Dull or commonplace in character; dreary: : dull.
Faded and dull in appearance.
Of a light olive brown or khaki color.
Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.
Depressing in character or appearance
Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
Lacking brightness or color; dull

DULL vs DRAB: VERB

To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
To soften, moderate or blunt.
To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
Make numb or insensitive
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Become less interesting or attractive
Make dull or blunt
Make dull in appearance
Become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
Make less lively or vigorous

DULL vs DRAB: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To become dull or stupid.

To associate with strumpets; to wench.
To consort with prostitutes.

DULL vs DRAB: TRANSITIVE VERB

To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

DULL vs DRAB: OTHER WORD TYPES

Not clear and resonant
Lacking intellectual acuity
Slow to learn or understand
Highly diluted
(of color) very low in saturation
Lose shine or brightness
Not keenly felt; not intense: as, a dull pain.
Not sharp or acute; obtuse; blunt: as, a dull sword; a dull needle.
Not bright or clear; not vivid; dim; obscure: as, a dull fire or light; a dull red color; the mirror gives a dull reflection.
Gross; inanimate; insensible.
Not pleasing or enlivening; not exhilarating; causing dullness or ennui; depressing; cheerless: as, dull weather; a dull prospect.
Sad; melancholy; depressed; dismal.
Wanting sensibility or keenness; not quick in perception: as, dull of hearing; dull of seeing.
Heavy; sluggish; drowsy; inanimate; slow in thought, expression, or action: as, a surfeit leaves one dull; a dull thinker; a dull sermon; a dull stream; trade is dull.
Stupid; foolish; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding: as, a lad of dull intellect.
To become deadened in color; lose brightness.
To become calm; moderate: as, the wind dulled, or dulled down, about twelve o'clock.
To become dull or blunt; become stupid.
To make less keenly felt; moderate the intensity of: as, to dull pain.
To make less sharp or acute; render blunt or obtuse: as, to dull a knife or a needle.
To render dim; sully; tarnish or cloud: as, the breath dulls a mirror.
To make dull, stupid, heavy, insensible, etc.; lessen the vigor, activity, or sensitiveness of; render inanimate; damp: as, to dull the wits; to dull the senses.
To fish with a dull: as, to dull for trout.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become dull.

Dull
Lacking brightness or color
Of a yellowish-gray color, like the cloth so called.
To associate with strumpets.

DULL vs DRAB: RELATED WORDS

Damp, Muted, Dim, Lusterless, Lackluster, Wearisome, Tiresome, Leaden, Tedious, Humdrum, Uninteresting, Drab, Monotonous, Dreary, Boring

Humdrum, Uncheerful, Sorry, Colourless, Sober, Somber, Dismal, Sombre, Colorless, Gloomy, Drear, Dingy, Cheerless, Dull, Dreary

DULL vs DRAB: DESCRIBE WORDS

Damp, Muted, Dim, Lusterless, Lackluster, Wearisome, Tiresome, Leaden, Tedious, Humdrum, Uninteresting, Drab, Monotonous, Dreary, Boring

Humdrum, Uncheerful, Sorry, Colourless, Sober, Somber, Dismal, Sombre, Colorless, Gloomy, Drear, Dingy, Cheerless, Dull, Dreary

DULL vs DRAB: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

It may be dull or nearly glassy looking.
Visceral pain is typically vague, dull, and nauseating.
The scrolls are merely records of dull transactions.
Always remove unwanted hairs in dull lighting only.
Australian caviar that replenishes tired and dull complexions.
My dear father, only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
For example, we can freely rearrange order of adjectives examples sentences a dull, dark, and depressing day: a depressing, dark, dull day.
These are not questions of mere dull common sense; it is only dull absence of common sense which will think them so.
Zinc puts a very fine layer on, what goes in dull comes out dull.
However it is dull, I mean real dull.

Infantry, especially skirmishers, often wore drab civilian clothes.
Olive Drab Cadmium plating options ensure connector longevity.
Juliet makes to the Friar, is indeed drab.
Interior a bit drab for our tastes, though.
Form Templates and go from drab to WOW!
Plan is friendly but also a bit drab.
Army vehicles had a base coat of lusterless olive drab paint, the olive drab military vehicle paint that had its own variations and evolution.
For a genre that is often filled with drab characters in a drab world, it is refreshing to see something so well fleshed out.
They used their talents to camouflage themselves in drab colors, which then began to run together and blend into a uniform, drab gray.
Yellow Olive Drab US Navy Vintage Olive Drab White.

DULL vs DRAB: QUESTIONS

What to do if the beams look dull after varnishing?
What does the Bible say about dull clouds in dreams?
How can I Keep my hardwood floors from getting dull?
Does the Holy Spirit dull your memories when confession ends?
What does dull percussion mean in a pulmonary examination?
What does dull percussion sound like in a pleurisy?
When is dull a more appropriate choice than stupid?
What are some examples of unoriginal and dull sentences?
Are your course descriptions dull or grammatically sloppy?
What causes dull cramping discontinuous chest pain?

Where can I get tickets for AFI bodies tour 2022 Drab Majesty?
Does the British Army use olive drab or NATO Green?
Why do male guppies become increasingly drab over generations?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DULL AND DRAB

DULL vs DRAB: NOUN

DULL vs DRAB: ADJECTIVE

DULL vs DRAB: VERB

DULL vs DRAB: INTRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs DRAB: TRANSITIVE VERB

DULL vs DRAB: OTHER WORD TYPES

DULL vs DRAB: RELATED WORDS

DULL vs DRAB: DESCRIBE WORDS

DULL vs DRAB: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

DULL vs DRAB: QUESTIONS