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1 dull
1) (slow to learn or to understand: The clever children help the dull ones.) stulbs; truls2) (not bright or clear: a dull day.) apmācies; drūms; blāvs3) (not exciting or interesting: a very dull book.) neinteresants; garlaicīgs•- dully- dullness* * *padarīt neasu; notrulināt; aptumšot; sabojāt; neass, truls; nespodrs, blāvs; neinteresants, garlaicīgs; dobjš; vājš; apmācies, drūms; nospiests, nomākts; truls, stulbs; panīcis -
2 dull ache
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3 dull knife
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4 dull of apprehension, of feeble apprehension
neapķērīgsEnglish-Latvian dictionary > dull of apprehension, of feeble apprehension
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5 as dull as ditchwater
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6 to dull the pain
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7 to skip a dull chapter in a book
izlaist neinteresantu nodaļu grāmatāEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to skip a dull chapter in a book
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8 to skip over a dull chapter in a book
izlaist neinteresantu nodaļu grāmatāEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to skip over a dull chapter in a book
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9 tarnish
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10 anticlimax
(a dull or disappointing ending to a play, activity etc after increasing excitement: After the weeks of preparation, the concert itself was a bit of an anticlimax.) atslābums* * *atslābums, reakcija; antikulminācija -
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12 chore
[ o:](a piece of housework or other hard or dull job.) sīki mājas darbi; apnicīgs darbs* * *sīki mājas darbi; nepatīkams darbs -
13 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) miris; beigts; nedzīvs2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) (par mehānismu) nestrādājošs3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) pilnīgs2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) pilnīgi- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) briesmīgi; ārkārtīgi- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *mirušie, mirušais; klusais laiks; pagalam, beigts, miris; nekustīgs, kluss; nespodrs, blāvs; monotons, drūms; izslēgts no spēles; kaut kas no ierindas izgājis; pilnīgs -
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1) (causing death: a deadly poison.) nāvīgs; nāvējošs2) (very great: He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).) briesmīgs; ārkārtīgs3) (very dull or uninteresting: What a deadly job this is.) garlaicīgs; garlaikojošs* * *nāvīgs, nāvējošs; ārkārtīgs, nāves, briesmīgs; nāvīgi; briesmīgi, ārkārtīgi -
15 dingy
['din‹i](dull; faded and dirty-looking: This room is so dingy.) nokvēpis; noputējis; notraipīts* * *nespodrs; noputējis, nokvēpis, notraipīts; aptraipīts; apdilis -
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17 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) vilkt2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) vilkt3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vilkties4) (to search (the bed of a lake etc) by using a net or hook: Police are dragging the canal to try to find the body.) pārmeklēt (ūdens baseina dibenu)5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) (par laiku) lēni vilkties2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) bremze; kavēklis; šķērslis2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) dūmu ievilkšana (smēķējot)3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) garlaicīgs pasākums4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) sieviešu drēbes; pretējā dzimuma apģērbs* * *draga, bagars; bremze; smagās ecēšas; šķērslis, kavēklis; garlaicīgs pasākums; garš vilciena sastāvs; garš preču vilciena sastāvs; dūmu ievilkšana; vazāt, vilkt; vilkties; bagarēt; ecēt -
18 dreary
['driəri]1) (gloomy: What dreary weather!) drūms2) (very dull: I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.) garlaicīgs•- drearily- dreariness* * *drūms; garlaicīgs -
19 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) trans2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) liekēdis3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) dūkšana; dūkoņa2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) dūkt2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) monotoni runāt* * *trans; liekēdis; dūkšana; bezpilota lidmašīna, vadāmais šāviņš; dzīvot kā liekēdim; dūkt; bubināt -
20 drudge
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Dull — Dull, a. [Compar. {Duller}; superl. {Dullest}.] [AS. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. ? turbid, troubled, Skr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. {Dolt}, {Dwale},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — [dul] adj. [ME dul < OE dol, stupid, akin to Ger toll < IE * dh(e)wel < base * dheu , blow, be turbid > DUMB, DWELL, OIr dall, blind, Gr thanatos, death] 1. mentally slow; stupid 2. lacking sensitivity; blunted in feeling or… … English World dictionary
Dull — DULL, a parish, in the county of Perth, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Aberfeldy; containing, with parts of the late quoad sacra parishes of Foss and Tenandry, and part of the village of Aberfeldy, 3811 inhabitants, of whom 145 are in the village of… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
dull — [dʌl] adjective JOURNALISM if business on a financial market is dull, not many people are buying or selling: • Shares closed lower in dull trading. • Investors were busy moving in and out of two year Treasury notes yesterday, providing a bit of… … Financial and business terms
Dull — may refer to: Boring Dull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom Dull Gret, a figure of Flemish folklore People with the surname Dull: Jack Dull (1930 1995), professor at the University of Washington John Dull (21st century), American… … Wikipedia
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
Düll — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Heinrich Düll (1867–1956), deutscher Bildhauer und Musiker der Prinzregentenzeit Rudolf Düll (1887–1979), deutscher Jurist Ruprecht Düll (* 1931), deutscher Botaniker Siehe auch Privatbrauerei Friedrich… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Dull — Dull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duller}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dulling}.] 1. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. This . . . dulled their swords. Bacon. [1913 Webster] Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To make dull, stupid … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dull — (adj.) c.1200, stupid; early 13c., blunt, not sharp; rare before mid 14c., apparently from O.E. dol dull witted, foolish, or an unrecorded parallel word, or from M.L.G. dul slow witted, both from P.Gmc. *dulaz (Cf. O.Fris., O.S. dol foolish,… … Etymology dictionary
Dull — Dull, v. i. To become dull or stupid. Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
