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• dull — adj 1 *stupid, slow, dumb, dense, crass Analogous words: *lethargic, sluggish, comatose: phlegmatic, stolid, *impassive, apathetic: *backward: retarded (see DELAY vb) Antonyms: clever, bright …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• dull — [adj1] unintelligent addled, backward, besotted, boring, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim, dim witted, doltish, dumb, feeble minded, half baked, ignorant, imbecilic, indolent, insensate, low, moronic, not bright, numskulled, obtuse,… …   New thesaurus

• dense — 1 compact, *close, thick Analogous words: consolidated, concentrated, compacted (see COMPACT vb): compressed, condensed (see CONTRACT vb): massed, heaped, piled, stacked (see HEAP vb) Antonyms: sparse (of population, forests): tenuous (of clouds …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• dense — [adj1] compressed, thick close, closeknit, compact, condensed, crammed, crowded, heaped, heavy, impenetrable, jammed, jampacked*, massed, opaque, packed, packed like sardines*, piled, solid, substantial, thickset; concept 483 Ant. open, scattered …   New thesaurus

• dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …   English dictionary for students

• dense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact (see density); stupid, dull (see ignorance). II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Close together] Syn. solid, compact, impenetrable; see thick 1 . 2. [Slow witted] Syn. stupid, obtuse, thick skulled;… …   English dictionary for students

• dull — 1. adjective 1) a dull novel Syn: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unrelieved, unvaried, unimaginative, uneventful; characterless, featureless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, unexciting, uninspiring, unstimulating …   Thesaurus of popular words

• dull — Synonyms and related words: KO, Laodicean, Olympian, Quaker colored, Spartan, abate, abeyant, abrupt, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, acier, affectless, allay, alleviate, aloof, anemic, anesthetic, anesthetize, anesthetized, apathetic, appease …   Moby Thesaurus

• dull — 1. adjective 1) a dull novel Syn: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unimaginative, uneventful, characterless, featureless, colourless, lifeless, unexciting, uninspiring, flat, bland, stodgy, dreary; informal de …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• dense — densely, adv. denseness, n. /dens/, adj., denser, densest. 1. having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population. 2. stupid; slow witted; dull. 3. intense; extreme: dense ignorance. 4.… …   Universalium

• dense — [[t]dɛns[/t]] adj. dens•er, dens•est 1) having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest[/ex] 2) stupid; slow witted; dull 3) intense; extreme 4) pht relatively opaque; transmitting little light, as a… …   From formal English to slang