Drab

Synonyms: anaemic, antiseptic, barren, bland, bloodless, boring, brownish, brownish-grey, characterless, cheerless, colourless, commonplace, depressing, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull, dull-coloured, dun-coloured, feeble, flat, gloomy, grey, greyish, humdrum, insipid, lacklustre, lame, lifeless, lightish brown, limp, lustreless, mediocre, middle-of-the-road, monotonous, mousy, muddy, mundane, muted, neutral, non-stimulating, nondescript, pale, pallid, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, sombre, spiritless, stale, sterile, tame, tedious, tired, trite, unexceptional, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, uninteresting, unremarkable, vacuous, vapid, washed out, watery, wearisome, wishy-washy, zestless

Antonyms: bright, cheerful, interesting

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Drab

(adj) lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull. “the landscape was drab and grey”
(adj) of a dull light brown colour. “drab camouflage uniforms”
(noun) clothes, especially trousers, made of drab. “a young man dressed in drabs”
(noun) a slovenly woman.
(noun) a prostitute.

Drab meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)

नीरस, फीका, एक-रूप, एकाकार, धूसर, भूरा

Drab origin

mid 16th century (as a noun denoting undyed cloth): probably from Old French drap ‘cloth’ (see drape).
early 16th century: perhaps related to Low German drabbe ‘mire’ and Dutch drab ‘dregs’.

Drab in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)

Column: A Far Cry From The Vibrant Indian Elections … ongoing campaign for the Christmas elections in this country strangely quiet and drab.
Pratap powers SC Railway to title, … SN Vohra’s All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament here today. … Sector 42 Sports Complex, PNB took the lead after a drab first-half, …
Delhi must do what little it can to strengthen the civilian …, The current juncture in Pakistan is a good moment for India to speak up on … the Maulana has lent some colour to the drab Pakistani politics.
ISL 2019-20 diary: Problem with the opener, Kochi’s Nehru Stadium is a much sought-after venue in the Indian Super League and the season opener in two of … Drab draw on Diwali day.
Cricketers, officials enjoy top-class facilities at matches, even …, … a series that was drab and dreary, Virat Kohli told media-persons that … Sourav Ganguly, who was India’s skipper for over half a decade and …

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Sounds like drag, if a movie is dragged unnecessarily it becomez boring or dull

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Lacklustre

Synonyms: apathetic, bland, boring, characterless, colourless, commonplace, dreary, dry, dull, flat, humdrum, insipid, lifeless, listless, lustreless, monotonous, mundane, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, spiritless, tame, tedious, tired, torpid, unanimated, unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome

Antonyms: brilliant, inspired

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Lacklustre

(adje) lacking in vitality, force, or conviction, uninspired or uninspiring.
“no excuses were made for the team’s lacklustre performance”
(adje) (of the hair or the eyes) not shining; dull.
“the conditioner will revitalize lacklustre hair”

Lacklustre meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi meaning)

धुंधला, निष्प्रभ, निस्तेज, फीका, भावशून्य, प्रकाश हीन, बिना चमक का

Lacklustre in a sentence (word usage in recent Hindu newspaper)

Gold Rate Today: Gold trades lacklustre on muted spot demand
Banks likely to brighten up earnings in an otherwise lacklustre Q4 …
Match Recap: In-Form Hyderabad Beat Lacklustre Delhi by 5 Wickets
Lacklustre poll campaigning in Yavatmal-Washim
Mobile phone market set for lacklustre year

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lacking luster..

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Indian Engineer Shot In Kansas: Trump's Response To Rising Hate Lacklustre?

Prosaic

Synonyms: banal, bland, boring, businesslike, clear, common, commonplace, conventional, dead, deadpan, dreary, dry, dull, everyday, factual, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, jejune, lacklustre, lifeless, literal, matter-of-fact, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plodding, routine, run-of-the-mill, spiritless, stale, straightforward, tame, tedious, trite, unadorned, undistinguished, unembellished, unemotional, unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, unpoetic, unsentimental, unvarnished, usual, vacuous, vapid, workaday

Antonyms: imaginative, inspired, interesting

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Prosaic

(adj) lacking imaginativeness or originality; “prosaic language can’t convey the experience”
(adj) commonplace; unromantic; “the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns”

Prosaic (प्रोज़ेइक / प्रोज़ैइक) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

नीरस, फीका, बेरस, मामूली, शुष्क, साधारण

Prosaic Origin

late 16th century (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa ‘straightforward (discourse)’ (see prose). Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th century.

Prosaic in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

While England’s batting is so strong, the same cannot be said for their bowling which can have a prosaic look to it.
Think of words that add emphasise to your sentence, instead of going for the prosaic and easy words.
Tired of his prosaic job, Mumbai-based writer Shatrujeet Nath took a similar plunge midway through his journalistic career.
His methods might seem prosaic and a throwback to another era, but he brought stability to the Caribbean side through the course of the year.
The reality was somewhat more prosaic.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of prosaic

Prosaic – Prozac is a tablet given to depressed people. Depressed people are dull and unimaginative

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Vapid

Synonyms: anaemic, bland, bloodless, boring, colourless, dead, dull, feeble, flat, flavourless, insipid, jejune, lifeless, milk-and-water, pallid, spiritless, stale, sterile, tame, tasteless, tedious, tired, trite, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, uninspiring, uninteresting, vacuous, watery, wishy-washy, zestless

Antonyms: colourful, exciting, lively

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Vapid Vocab Meme Dictionary – English to Hindi translation with picture dictionary

Vapid

(adj) offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland; “vapid musical comedies”

Vapid (वैपिड) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

नीरस, फीका, बेजान

Vapid Origin

mid 17th century (used originally in description of drinks as ‘lacking in flavour’): from Latin vapidus

Vapid in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

To an extent, this must be what the players in the Indian team would be feeling like after their ODI series win against a vapid Zimbabwe.
The grisly countenance of the film gets blunted by a somewhat vapid script.
But there are people who will still buy this book, despite its vapid language, its stock characters, its predictable plot twists, and its virgin-fantasy.
Film actors and TV anchors use its emotive expressions frequently otherwise they think their story becomes vapid.
If indeed there exists such an action plan, it is so vapid that it does not come to mind.

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