drab (s)
sober (s)
somber (s)
sombre (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def lacking brightness or color
def dull
examples drab faded curtains
sober Puritan grey
children in somber brown clothes
Outgoing links
Similar to colorless, colourless
Derivationally related form sombre → sombreness
Derivationally related form somber → somberness
Incoming links
Similar to colorless, colourless
Derived from adjective drably → drab
Derivationally related form sombreness → sombre
Derivationally related form somberness → somber

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