The quality or state of being drab; dullness, dreariness, or lack of color and brightness.
From 'drab' (adjective) plus the abstract noun suffix '-ness', creating a noun expressing the quality itself.
Drabness as an abstract noun lets you talk about why something feels depressing without describing specific dull things—it's the essence of dreariness itself.
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