drabber

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noun

A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

drabber1

noundrabber (plural drabbers)

plural drabbers

  1. A hair product that works against natural colour to make the hair more drab.
    1 more example

    In one-step hair coloring products such as Miss Clairol, where you can combine different shades, you can add drabbers, which are ashy substances that minimize the red hues that exist in your hair. I well know him For a most insatiate drabber . He hath given, Before he spent his own estate , which was Nothing to the huge mass he's now possess'd of, A hundred pound a leap

    1990, Deborah Chase, The New Medically Based No-Nonsense Beauty Book, page 326

drabber2

noundrabber (plural drabbers)

plural drabbers

  1. obsoleteOne who associates with drabs; a wencher.

    1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam

drabber3

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of drab: more drab

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

drabber · noun

From drab + -er (relational noun suffix).

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drabber · adjective

From drab + -er (comparative suffix).

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APA

drabber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drabber

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“drabber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drabber. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drabber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drabber.

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