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1 dullness
dullness [ˈdʌlnɪs]( = tedium) [of book, evening, lecture] manque m d'intérêt ; [of person] personnalité f terne ; [of life] grisaille f* * *['dʌlnɪs] -
2 dullness
dullness n ( of life) ennui m ; ( of routine) monotonie f ; (of company, conversation) manque m d'intérêt ; ( of weather) grisaille f. -
3 dullness
dullness ['dʌlnɪs](a) (slow-wittedness) lenteur f ou lourdeur f d'esprit(b) (tedium → of book, speech) caractère m ennuyeux(e) (listlessness) apathie f -
4 dullness
noun caractère ennuyeux -
5 dullness
matité -
6 flatness
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7 dull
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8 flatness
flatness n1 (of terrain, landscape) manque m de relief ; (of roof, stone, surface) aspect m plat ;2 ( dullness) ( of voice) caractère m monocorde ; ( of colours) fadeur f ; (of style, description, story) platitude f. -
9 barrenness
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10 blandness
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11 lifelessness
lifelessness ['laɪflɪsnɪs]Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > lifelessness
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12 ponderousness
Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > ponderousness
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Dullness — Dull ness, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also {dulness}.] [1913 Webster] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dullness — index indistinctness, inertia, languor, opacity, sloth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Dullness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dullness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dullness dullness heaviness flatness Sgm: N 1 infestivity infestivity &c. 837 stupidity &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 want of originality want of originality Sgm: N 1 dearth of ideas … English dictionary for students
dullness — noun 1. the quality of being slow to understand • Syn: ↑obtuseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑obtuse (for: ↑obtuseness), ↑dull • Hypernyms: ↑stupi … Useful english dictionary
dullness — / dʌlnəs/ noun the fact of being dull ● the dullness of the market … Dictionary of banking and finance
dullness — dull ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking interest or excitement. 2) lacking brightness or sheen. 3) (of the weather) overcast. 4) slow to understand; rather unintelligent. 5) indistinctly felt or heard. ► VERB ▪ make or become dull … English terms dictionary
dullness — noun see dull I … New Collegiate Dictionary
dullness — See dullish. * * * … Universalium
dullness — noun /ˈdʌɫ.nəs/ a) The quality of being slow to understand things. b) The quality of being uninteresting … Wiktionary
dullness — dull·ness (dulґnis) diminished resonance on percussion; also a peculiar percussion sound which lacks the normal resonance … Medical dictionary
dullness — Synonyms and related words: abruptness, absence of color, acedia, achromaticity, achromatism, adynamia, aloofness, analgesia, anemia, anesthesia, angst, anguish, anxiety, apathy, aridity, aridness, ashiness, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy, atony,… … Moby Thesaurus