drabness

drabness

noun

having a drab or dowdy quality;lacking stylishness or elegance: Synonym: dowdiness homeliness

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1

The war in 1939 perforce ushered in an era of more grime and drabness .

1939年的战争必然导致一个更加肮脏、更加灰暗的时代的到来。
2

It doesn 't help that today is a Sunday , so the usual bustle of hawkers , pedestrians and cars that enliven the empty drabness are missing .

虽然我们来的这天是星期天，可往常小贩的叫卖声，行人和汽车，这些让空寂的街道充满活力的嘈杂声，通通消失了。