Drabbiest

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Possessing the least amount of color, liveliness, or aesthetic appeal compared to others
2. Having the most muted, colorless, or uninspiring appearance when compared to similar things
3. The most lacking in brightness, interest, or visual liveliness among a group or collection

Etymology: "Drabbiest" is the superlative of "drabby," so its history is really the history of the base word "drab" plus the adjective-forming ending "-y." "Drab" is the older root, and it has a notably unglamorous start: it came into English as a term for a cloth of a dull, undyed brownish-grey, and it passed into the wider sense of anything lacking brightness or interest. The ending "-y" simply turns a noun into an adjective meaning "having the quality of" or "rather," so "drabby" means somewhat dreary or dull, and the superlative "drabbiest" marks the most dreary of a set.

Synonyms: dullest, most drab, dreariest, most colorless

Antonyms: brightest, most vibrant, most colorful