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1 dull
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2 dull season
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3 tarnish
1. verb(to (cause a metal to) become dull and stained: Silver tarnishes easily.) zmatnieť, stratiť lesk, zakaliť sa2. noun(a dull, stained appearance on a metal surface.) matnosť, strata lesku* * *• zbavit lesku• zakalenie• zakalit sa• škvrna• stratit lesk• strata lesku• poškvrna• poškvrnit sa• poškvrnit• matnost -
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6 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) mŕtvy; suchý2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) nefungujúci3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) úplný2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) úplne- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) strašne- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
- deadlock* * *• úplne• jednoznacne• bez napätia• bez prúdu• mrtvy• neživý -
7 deadly
1) (causing death: a deadly poison.) smrteľný2) (very great: He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).) smrteľný3) (very dull or uninteresting: What a deadly job this is.) nudný* * *• vraždiaci• vražedný• smrtelný• smrtelne vážny• smrtiaci• strašne• úhlavný• totálne• umrtvujúci• hrozne• otravný• pekelne• mrtvolný• mrtvo• neživo• nudný -
8 dingy
['din‹i](dull; faded and dirty-looking: This room is so dingy.) ošumelý* * *• špinavý• ošúchaný -
9 drab
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10 drag
[dræɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - dragged; verb1) (to pull, especially by force or roughly: She was dragged screaming from her car.) vytiahnuť2) (to pull (something) slowly (usually because heavy): He dragged the heavy table across the floor.) ťahať3) (to (cause to) move along the ground: His coat was so long it dragged on the ground at the back.) vliecť sa4) (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.) prečesávať5) (to be slow-moving and boring: The evening dragged a bit.) ťahať sa2. noun1) (something which slows something down: He felt that his lack of education was a drag on his progress.) prekážka, záťaž2) (an act of drawing in smoke from a cigarette etc: He took a long drag at his cigarette.) šluk, vtiahnutie3) (something or someone that is dull and boring: Washing-up is a drag.) otrava4) (a slang word for women's clothes when worn by men.) preoblečenie za ženu* * *• vliect• tahat• tiahnut• presúvat (obraz)• natahovat -
11 dreary
['driəri]1) (gloomy: What dreary weather!) pochmúrny2) (very dull: I've got to go to another dreary meeting tomorrow.) nudný•- drearily- dreariness* * *• smutný• bezútešný• pustý -
12 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) trúd2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) leňoch3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) hučanie2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) hučať, bzučať2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) monotónne hovoriť* * *• trúd• bezpilotné lietadlo• bzukot• lenoch -
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14 flat
[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) plochý2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) nudný, všedný3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) rozhodný4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) sfúknutý5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) zvetraný6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) znížený, falošný; falošne2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) natiahnuto3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) byt2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) znamienko bé3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) dlaň4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) nížina•- flatly- flatten
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- flat out* * *• všedný• výsadkový cln• vypnutý• vyrovnaný• zrovnaný so zemou• znížený tón• zrovnat• zrejmý• zvetraný• znicený• znížit sa• zruinovaný• splasnutý• s vypnutými plachtami• splasnutá pneumatika• sploštit• strhnút lesk• úplný• úplne• tupec• topánka s nízkym podpätko• uniformný• presne• priamo• falošne• hluchý• falošný• dostihová závodná dráha• hlupák• fádny• jasný• kategorický• jednotvárny• klobúk• jednotný• bez podpätkov• byt• dat matný povrch• dokonalý• chumaj• chabý• cln s plochým dnom• do cela• rozrezat• rovina• rovný• rozhodný• rovno• rozmazaný• paušálny• plytký• plytcina• plochý• otvorený• paluba• plochá strana• otvorene• ostrý• plytký breh• otrepaný• plocha• polahnutý• pokojný• poschodie• kulisa• na suchu• mrtvy• na plocho• na dne• mdlý• málo zakrivený• monotónny• na chlp• naprostý• nevýraznej chuti• nevydutý• nevýrazný• nekontrastný• nejasný• napnutý• nezaujímavý• nízky• nudný• o pol tónu znížený• nízko• nezvlnený -
15 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) zmariťII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) fólia2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) pravý opakIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) fleuret* * *• zabalit do fólie• zdôraznit kontrastom• zmazat• zneškodnit• zvítazit• zmarit• stopa• prekazit• fólia• fóliový• doplnok• alobal• alobalový• paralyzovat• podložka• ozdobit fóliou• ozdobit ornamentmi• polepit fóliou• pozadie• porážka• neuspiet• nemat úspech• odvrátit -
16 glaze
[ɡleiz] 1. verb1) (to fit glass into: to glaze a window.) zaskliť2) (to cover with glass or a glaze: The potter glazed the vase.) glazúrovať3) ((of eyes) to become blank or dull.) stať sa skleným, stratiť výraz2. noun1) (a glassy coating put on pottery etc: a pink glaze on the grey vase.) glazúra2) (a shiny coating eg of sugar on fruit etc.) poleva•- glazier* * *• zasklit• glazúra• glazúra (u súciastok smal• poleva -
17 grey
[ɡrei] 1. adjective1) (of a mixture of colour between black and white: Ashes are grey.) sivý, šedý2) (grey-haired: He's turning/going grey.) šedivý2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour between black and white: Grey is rather a dull colour.) sivá, šedá farba; šeď2) (something grey in colour: I never wear grey.) šedá3. verb(to become grey or grey-haired.) šedivieť- greyish* * *• šed• šero• šedivý• šedák (kôn)• šedý• ponurý• nebielený -
18 heavy
['hevi]1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) ťažký2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) ťažký3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) hustý; silný; rozbúrený; ťaživý4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) veľký5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) zamračený; dusný6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) ťažký7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) ťažký8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) ťažký, ťažkopádny•- heavily- heaviness
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- heavy industry
- heavyweight
- heavy going
- a heavy heart
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19 indulge
1) (to allow (a person) to do or have what he wishes: You shouldn't indulge that child.) rozmaznávať2) (to follow (a wish, interest etc): He indulges his love of food by dining at expensive restaurants.) uspokojiť, dožičiť (si), holdovať3) (to allow (oneself) a luxury etc: Life would be very dull if we never indulged (ourselves).) dožičiť si•- indulgent
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20 jaded
['‹eidid]((of eg a person or his interest, appetite etc) worn out and made tired and dull.) prepracovaný, otupený* * *• prepracovaný
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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
