drab

adjective

/dræb/ (drabber, drabbest) disapproving

Definition

› boring, especially in appearance; having little colour and excitement: She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed. I feel so drab in this grey uniform.Pale and colourless and causing colour to fadeTedious and uninspiring drabness

/ˈdræb.nəs/ noun [U] › It's the unrelieved drabness of big industrial cities that depresses me.Pale and colourless and causing colour to fadeBoredom, tedium and boring things

(Definition of drab adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)