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1 dull
1) (slow to learn or to understand: The clever children help the dull ones.) estúpido2) (not bright or clear: a dull day.) encoberto3) (not exciting or interesting: a very dull book.) enfadonho•- dully- dullness* * *[d∧l] vt+vi 1 tornar(-se) estúpido. 2 estupeficar, entorpecer, pôr em estado de inércia física e moral, tirar a energia, insensibilizar, mitigar, atenuar, ensurdecer, tornar menos esperto, sutil, efetivo. time dulled the edge of his pain / o tempo atenuou a sua dor. 3 embotar, tirar o fio de uma faca. 4 embaçar, tornar baço, embotar a vista, tirar o brilho de, deslustrar, empanar. 5 amainar (o vento, etc.). • adj 1 estúpido, fátuo, pesado, obtuso, grosseiro. 2 inerte, vagaroso, moroso, lerdo, fraco, frouxo. 3 triste, melancólico, embotado, insípido, insensível, maçante, enfadonho. 4 baço, escuro, empanado, nublado, sombrio, desluzido, pouco transparente. 5 cego (diz-se de um gume), sem corte. 6 morto, surdo, mouco, tedioso, fastidioso, lânguido. 7 weather nublado, carregado. 8 vago, impreciso. dull of hearing duro de ouvido, mouco. to dull away the time matar o tempo, estar ocioso. to feel dull aborrecer-se, enfastiar-se, enfadar-se. -
2 dull
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3 stale
[steil]1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.) velho2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.) gasto3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.) enfastiado* * *stale1[steil] n urina de cavalos, etc. • vi urinar (cavalos, etc.).————————stale2[steil] vt+vi ficar passado ou envelhecido. • adj 1 passado, envelhecido, velho, cediço, amanhecido, seco (pão). 2 sem graça, sem novidade, insulso. 3 antiquado, gasto, estragado. -
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1) ((of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air: Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?) abafado2) (formal and dull: Must we visit those stuffy people?) enfadonho•- stuffily- stuffiness* * *stuff.y[st'∧fi] adj 1 abafado, malventilado, sufocante. 2 destituído de interesse, enfadonho. 3 entupido, obstruído, tapado, constipado. 4 coll zangado, ofendido, irritado. -
5 stale
[steil]1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.) velho2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.) batido3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.) exaurido -
6 stuffy
1) ((of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air: Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?) abafado2) (formal and dull: Must we visit those stuffy people?) enfadonho•- stuffily- stuffiness
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