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Meaning of "drabby" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRABBY

drabby  [ˈdræbɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRABBY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drabby is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DRABBY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drabby in the English dictionary

The definition of drabby in the dictionary is slutty. Other definition of drabby is slightly drab, drab-looking.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRABBY


Abbe
ˈæbɪ
abbey
ˈæbɪ
blabby
ˈblæbɪ
cabbie
ˈkæbɪ
crabby
ˈkræbɪ
flabby
ˈflæbɪ
gabby
ˈɡæbɪ
grabby
ˈɡræbɪ
Newtownabbey
ˌnjuːtənˈæbɪ
scabby
ˈskæbɪ
shabby
ˈʃæbɪ
slabby
ˈslæbɪ
tabby
ˈtæbɪ
tabi
ˈtæbɪ
yabbie
ˈjæbɪ
yabby
ˈjæbɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRABBY

drab
drabbed
drabber
drabbest
drabbet
drabbiness
drabbing
drabbish
drabble
drabbler
drabette
drably
drabness
drac
dracaena
drachm
drachma
drachmae
drack

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRABBY

bobby
chubby
cobby
cubby
debby
dobby
gobby
grubby
hobby
hubby
Libby
lobby
mobby
nobby
rubby
squabby
stubby
swabby
tubby
webby

Synonyms and antonyms of drabby in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drabby» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRABBY

Find out the translation of drabby to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drabby from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drabby» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

drabby
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drabby
570 millions of speakers

English

drabby
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drabby
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

drabby
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

drabby
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drabby
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

drabby
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drabby
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Drabby
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kaputtes
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

drabby
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drabby
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drabby
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

drabby
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

drabby
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाराजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drabby
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trasandata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drabby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

drabby
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drabby
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

drabby
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drabby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drabby
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drabby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drabby

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRABBY»

The term «drabby» is used very little and occupies the 172.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRABBY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drabby» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drabby» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drabby

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRABBY»

Discover the use of drabby in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drabby and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Current Literature: 1895
Everybody knew everybody, and so everybody knew Drabby. I can see him now, with his little, weak face, with its unlit eyes, as he wandered about the dusty streets in summer days, hopeless but not aimless. “ Have you seen Miss Adams.
2
Current Opinion
Everybody knew everybody, and so everybody knew Drabby. I can see him now, with his little, weak face, with its unlit eyes, as he wandered about the dusty streets in summer days, hopeless but not aimless. " Have you seen Miss Adams?
3
A True Woman
The air was hot and heavy, with the smell of the dust of ages which had gathered in the nooks and crannies of this dull and drabby room. It mingled with irritating unpleasantness with the scent of opoponax or heliotrope that emanated from lace ...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy, 1912
4
The Heart of a Woman
The air was hot and heavy with the smell of the dust of ages which had gathered in the nooks and crannies of this dull and drabby room. It mingled with irritating unpleasantness with the seent of opoponax or heliotrope that emanated from lace ...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy, 1911
5
Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Picariœ, ...
Hack and scapulars barred black and drabby white ; rump and upper tail-coverts white, some of the latter externally margined and barred on the outer web with black ; wings and their coverts brownish black, the coverts spotted and barred with ...
British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, 1890
6
Attitudes and Opinions
For some reason conservative gets identified with the South—identified with drabby looking clothes vs. more something I would wear, drabby clothes,too, but it is justa different type.—W. Russell Neuman (1986, p.19). These responses ( which ...
Stuart Oskamp, P. Wesley Schultz, 2005
7
The Paradox of Mass Politics: Knowledge and Opinion in the ...
... liberal and conservative mean to you?] "Not too much really. For some reason conservative gets identified with the South — identified with drabby looking clothes vs. more something I would wear, drabby clothes, too, but it is just a different ...
W. Russell Neuman, 1986
8
Facebook Companion
You'll find little-known tips, easy-to-navigate shortcuts, and useful tools that will save you time so you can enjoy Facebook to the max. If you're eager to make the most of Facebook, then this book is the ideal companion.
Matthew Miller, 2011
9
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
from the rhinarium runs a broad white band encircling the mouth and continued uninterruptedly on to the fore throat ; the chin is mostly white, but stained with dark pigment laterally ; the hind throat is drabby grey, black- speckled, and there are ...
Zoological Society of London, 1935
10
The Mammals of South Africa
Anterior part of body pale drabby instead of the seal-grey of mungo; transverse dorsal bands less conspicuously contrasted than usual, the dark ones less black and the light ones more drabby. Under surface dull whitish. Head more whitish ...
Austin Roberts, 1951

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRABBY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drabby is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Man Uncovered A Rare, Official Version Of The Original …
It doesn't matter how well you take care of these things, they always seem to acquire the same drabby effect of time. The man in the video is ... «UPROXX, Jul 15»
2
Dropbox, Todoist Get Android Material Design Makeovers
Task management app Todoist is saying goodbye to its drabby old interface, and hello to "bold color, beautiful animations, and seamless ... «PC Magazine, Jun 15»
3
Malaysia 0-0 Hong Kong: Tigers draw blank in home stalemate
Malaysia played out a rather drabby 0-0 draw against Hong Kong earlier today, raising fear ahead of their key World Cup qualifying ties against ... «fourthofficial.com, Jun 15»
4
Gaudy bling-bling ladybirds more toxic to predators
Gaudily coloured ladybirds are less likely to be attacked by predators than their drabby counterparts, a new study by Westcountry biologists has ... «Western Morning News, Jun 15»
5
Evolve Apartments Near Completion
"You can see that the building is not this drabby grey anymore, which was the waterproofing. Now we're starting to see the color and the ... «WSIL TV, May 15»
6
How Jumping Spiders See in Color
Why would a male be sporting a flashy crimson patch of fur if it's just going to look like a drabby bit of brown to a female? Both how the females ... «Smithsonian, May 15»
7
Things to do in Budapest, history of the city and more
... followed by the Soviet communism dictatorship, which ended in 1990) - I thought Budapest would be dark, drabby and rather depressing. «PennLive.com, May 15»
8
Anchorage 1770 -- inn with long Beaufort history -- set to open in May
"Instead of the drabby gray color it was, it's now the color it should have been," Amy Lesesne said. Anchorage 1770 has 15 guest rooms in the ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Apr 15»
9
Spring cleaning tips from the pros
DRABBY DRAPES. If your drapes are looking sad, take them down with the hooks also. Put the drapes in the dryer on an air fluff cycle along ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
10
Anteaus's 'Henry IV, Part I' Leaves Shakespeare Without A Leg To …
... “bare stage” interpretation of the play, but the pieces of furniture that do exist are made of gnarled, drabby wood that almost looks period. «Neon Tommy, Mar 15»

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