dull
US: /ˈdəɫ/
UK: /dˈʌl/
UK: /dˈʌl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
dull /dʌl/
- tính từ
- chậm hiểu, tối dạ, ngu đần, đần độn
- không tinh, mờ (mắt); không thính, nghễnh ngãng (tai)
- to be dull of ear: nghễnh ngãng; tai nghe không thính
- vô tri vô giác (vật)
- dull stones: những hòn đá vô tri vô giác
- cùn (dao...)
- đục, mờ đục, xỉn, xám xịt
- dull colour: màu xám, xám xịt lại
- dull light: ánh sang mờ đục
- cảm thấy lờ mờ, cảm thấy không rõ rệt, âm ỉ
- dull pain: đau âm ỉ
- thẫn thờ, uể oải, chậm chạp (người, vật)
- ứ đọng, trì chậm, bán không chạy, ế
- dull goods: hàng bán không chạy, hàng ế
- dull trade: việc buôn bán trì chậm
- đều đều, buồn tẻ, chán ngắt, tẻ ngắt, buồn nản
- a dull life: cuộc sống buồn tẻ
- a dull sermon: bài thuyết giáo chán ngắt
- to feet dull: cảm thấy buồn nản
- tối tăm, âm u, u ám, ảm đạm
- dull weather: tiết trời u ám
- ngoại động từ
- làm ngu đàn, làm đần dộn
- làm cùn
- làm mờ đi, làm mờ đục, làm xỉn
- làm âm ỉ, làm đỡ nhức nhối, làm đỡ nhói (cơn đau)
- làm buồn nản
- làm tối tăm, làm u ám, làm ảm đạm
- nội động từ
- hoá ngu đần, đần độn
- cùn đi
- mờ đi, mờ đục, xỉn đi
- âm ỉ, đỡ nhức nhối, đỡ đau (cơn đau)
- tối sầm lại, thành u ám, thành ảm đạm
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb
+ adjective (duller, dullest)
boring
1 not interesting or exciting: Life in a small town could be deadly dull. + The countryside was flat, dull and uninteresting. + The first half of the game was pretty dull. + There's never a dull moment when John's around.
light / colours
2 not bright or shiny: a dull colour / glow + dull, lifeless hair + Her eyes were dull with dark shadows beneath them.
sounds
3 not clear or loud: The gates shut behind him with a dull thud.
weather
4 not bright, with a lot of clouds: It was a dull, grey day.
pain
5 not very severe, but continuous: a dull ache / pain
person
6 slow in understanding
Synonym: STUPID
a dull pupil / class / mind
trade
7 (especially AmE) not busy; slow: Don't sell into a dull market.
dullness noun [U]: the dullness of modern architecture
dully adverb: 'I suppose so,' she said dully. + His leg ached dully.
Idioms: (as) dull as ditchwater (BrE) (AmE (as) dull as dishwater) extremely boring: I always found history as dull as ditchwater.
+ verb
pain
1 (of pain or an emotion) to become or be made weaker or less severe: [VN] The tablets they gave him dulled the pain for a while. [also V]
person
2 [VN] (written) to make a person slower or less lively: He felt dulled and stupid with sleep.
colours, sounds
3 to become or to make sth less bright, clean or sharp: [V] His eyes dulled and he slumped to the ground. + [VN] The endless rain seemed to dull all sound.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 stupid, slow-witted, dense, stolid, bovine, cloddish, clod-like, backward, obtuse, doltish, crass, dumb, Colloq thick, dim, dim-witted, Brit dim as a Toc H lamp:
He might be a dull student but he's a brilliant artist.
2 insensitive, numb, insensible, imperceptive or impercipient, unresponsive, indifferent, unfeeling, unsympathetic, callous, hardened, hard, inured, obtundent:
He knew that he could expect only a dull response to his pleading.
3 lifeless, indifferent, unresponsive, sluggish, slow, listless, inactive, torpid:
The market for luxury cars is a little dull now.
4 boring, tiresome, tedious, monotonous, uninspired, uninspiring, unoriginal, uninteresting, humdrum:
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
5 dismal, dreary, depressing, sombre, grey, dark, murky, gloomy, cloudy, clouded, overcast, sunless:
If the day is dull, the photographs will show it.
6 blunted, blunt; obtuse:
I nicked myself with that dull razor.
7 hazy, blurry, opaque, drab:
Rub the dull film off that silver goblet.
8 muffled, numbing, deadened, muted, indistinct:
I've had a dull pain in my arm all day.
v.
9 allay, assuage, relieve, mitigate, lessen, reduce:
Weeping dulls the inner pain.
10 dim, tarnish, obscure, bedim, blur, cloud, becloud:
A mist dulled the rich colours of the glen.
11 stupefy, narcotize, numb, benumb, desensitize, deaden, blunt, obtund:
His war experiences had dulled his feelings towards others.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
appear, be, look, seem, sound | become, get
The work gets a bit dull at times.
| make sth
The long lectures made the afternoon dull.
| find sth
ADV.
deadly, extremely, stupefyingly, very
The film was long and deadly dull.
| a bit, a little, fairly, pretty, rather, somewhat | disappointingly
Concise English dictionary
dulls|dulled|dulling|duller|dullestdʌl
verb
+make dull in appearance
+become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
+deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
+make numb or insensitive
+make dull or blunt
+become less interesting or attractive
+make less lively or vigorous
adj.
+lacking in liveliness or animation
+emitting or reflecting very little light
+being or made softer or less loud or clear
+so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
+(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
+not keenly felt
+slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
+(of business) not active or brisk
+not having a sharp edge or point
+blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
+not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
+darkened with overcast
