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noun estupidez* * *dull.ness, dul.ness[d'∧lnis] n 1 embotamento, estupidez, imbecilidade, falta de viveza, de esperteza, lentidão, frouxidão. 2 estagnação dos negócios. 3 dureza de ouvido, surdez. 4 enfado, aborrecimento, melancolia. -
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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. -
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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
