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dreary
Dismal; bleak.
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  1. Dismal; bleak.
  2. Boring; dull:
  3. Gloomy; cheerless; depressing; dismal; dull
colorless
Lacking color:
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  1. Lacking color:
  2. Without color
  3. Pale; pallid:
monotonous
Having little or no variation or variety
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  1. Having little or no variation or variety
  2. Going on in the same tone without variation
  3. Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone:
somber
Serious; grave:
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  1. Serious; grave:
  2. Dull or dark in color:
  3. Melancholy; dismal:
brownish
Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
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  1. Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
olive-drab
Of a greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive.
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  1. Of a greyish green colour, like that of a ripe green olive.
khaki
Made of khaki (cloth)
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  1. Made of khaki (cloth)
  2. Dull yellowish-brown
dun
Dull grayish-brown
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  1. Dull grayish-brown
achromatic
Forming visual images whose outline is free from prismatic colors
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  1. Forming visual images whose outline is free from prismatic colors
  2. Refracting light without spectral color separation.
  3. Designating color perceived to have zero saturation and therefore no hue, such as neutral grays, white, or black.
murky
Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
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  1. Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
  2. Darkened, clouded, or blurry:
  3. Gloomy, dark, dim.
dim
Not bright; somewhat dark
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  1. Not bright; somewhat dark
  2. Emitting only a small amount of light; faint:
  3. Dull or slow-witted:
dull
Not bright, vivid, or shiny:
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  1. Not bright, vivid, or shiny:
  2. Not pointed or sharp; blunt; not keen
  3. Not clear or resonant:
flat
Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
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  1. Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
  2. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
  3. Not glossy; matte:
muddy
Full of or covered with mud.
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  1. Full of or covered with mud.
  2. Not light or bright; dull
  3. Lacking luster; dull:
murky
Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
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  1. Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
  2. Darkened, clouded, or blurry:
  3. Dark or dim, as from mist:
arid
Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull:
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  1. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull:
  2. Very dry, especially having less precipitation than is needed to support most trees or woody plants. Deserts have arid climates.
  3. Lacking enough water for things to grow; dry and barren
aseptic
Not septic; free from or keeping away disease-producing or putrefying microorganisms
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  1. Not septic; free from or keeping away disease-producing or putrefying microorganisms
  2. Free of microorganisms that cause disease.
  3. Using methods to protect against infection by pathogenic microorganisms:
colorless
Pale; pallid:
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  1. Pale; pallid:
  2. Without color
  3. Lacking color:
dry
Constructed without mortar or cement:
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  1. Constructed without mortar or cement:
  2. No longer yielding liquid, especially milk:
  3. Not shedding tears:
dull
Not pointed or sharp; blunt; not keen
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  1. Not pointed or sharp; blunt; not keen
  2. Gloomy; cloudy
  3. Not clear or resonant:
earthbound
Attached or confined to the earth or to earthly concerns:
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  1. Attached or confined to the earth or to earthly concerns:
  2. Confined to or by the earth or earthly things
  3. Fastened in or to the soil:
flat
Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
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  1. Having a relatively broad level surface in relation to thickness or depth:
  2. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
  3. Not glossy; matte:
flavorless
Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
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  1. Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
  2. Flat; lacking character or definition.
lackluster
Lacking energy or vitality; boring, unimaginative, etc.
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  1. Lacking energy or vitality; boring, unimaginative, etc.
  2. Lacking brightness, luster, or vitality; dull.
  3. Having no shine or lustre; dull
lifeless
Lacking vitality or animation; dull:
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  1. Lacking vitality or animation; dull:
  2. Without life
  3. Dull; listless
lusterless
Lacking distinction, radiance, or vitality; dull:
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  1. Lacking distinction, radiance, or vitality; dull:
  2. Without luster, dull, not shiny, flat or matte finished.
matter-of-fact
Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic
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  1. Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic
  2. Lacking emotion or colour
  3. Sticking strictly to facts; literal, unimaginative, unemotional, prosaic, etc.
pedestrian
Lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull
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  1. Lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull
  2. Going or performed on foot:
  3. Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians:
prosaic
Commonplace, dull and ordinary
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  1. Commonplace, dull and ordinary
  2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
  3. Of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.
spiritless
Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
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  1. Lacking spirit, energy, or vigor; listless; depressed
sterile
Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
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  1. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless:
  2. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit, spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts.
  3. Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful:
stodgy
Heavy and unpalatable
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  1. Heavy and unpalatable
  2. (Of food) having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
  3. Dull; tedious; uninteresting
uninspired
Lacking or done without inspiration or enthusiasm:
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  1. Lacking or done without inspiration or enthusiasm:
  2. Not inspired; lacking spirit, creativity, zest, etc.; dull
  3. Not inspired; dull or dry
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  • Although called blue, the colour is a slaty or drab tone.

  • The skins that are not perfectly white are dyed jet black, dark or light smoke, violet-blue, blue-grey, and also in imitation of the drab shades of the natural blue.

  • Has a close dark drab underwool with yellowish grizzly, grey, regular and coarse top hair.

  • The bark, very dark externally, is an excellent tanning substance; the inner layers form the quercitron of commerce, used by dyers for communicating to fabrics various tints of yellow, and, with iron salts, yielding a series of brown and drab hues; the colouring property depends on a crystalline principle called quercitrin, of which it should contain about 8%.

  • In the XIIth Dynasty a hard thin drab ware was common, like the modern qulleh water flasks.

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