dull
Betekenis (Engels)
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- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
Concepten
bot maken
schaapachtig
toonloos
verzoeten
zwakhoofdig
lenigen
stomphoekig
flauwhartig
glansloos
verstompen
versuft
afgestompt
afkanten
Synoniemen
not sharp
not very bright
make blunt
grow dim
be stupid
be lifeless
stockish
become blunt
be inactive
be listless
be tiresome
far-away
hard to see
make dull
snap off
be sluggish
very quiet
feel heavy
dull-brained
lacking taste
heavy-headed
be dull
dead-alive
dead-and-alive
soft-witted
be plain
be blunt
be cloudy
be overcast
mutton-headed
be dumb
be boring
be clumsy
be not much fun
be tedious
look like a fool
pretty dull
unsharped
lose its lustre
not gifted
rather stupid
insensible to the charms
not ready-witted
not transparent
low-toned
Dryasdust
take the edge
be lustreless
be unpolished
rainy-looking
stormy-looking
muffled sound
unintellegent
sap head
lacking skill
be cold
become dull
blunt-edged
dead person
deceased person
mentally deranged
sick of
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/dʌl/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English dull, dul (also dyll, dill, dwal), from Old English dol (“dull, foolish, erring, heretical; foolish, silly; presumptuous”), from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz, from earlier *dwulaz, a variant of *dwalaz (“stunned, mad, foolish, misled”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-, *dʰewel- (“to dim, dull, cloud, make obscure, swirl, whirl”). Cognate with Scots dull, doll (“slow to understand or hear, deaf, dull”), North Frisian dol (“rash, unthinking, giddy, flippant”), Dutch dol (“crazy, mad, insane”), Low German dul, dol (“mad, silly, stupid, fatuous”), German toll (“crazy, mad, wild, fantastic”), Danish dval (“foolish, absurd”), Icelandic dulur (“secretive, silent”), West-Flemish dul (angry, furious).
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