dull

(Engels)

Adj

1. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
2. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
3. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
4. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
5. Sluggish, listless.
6. Bored, depressed, down.
7. Cloudy, overcast.
8. Insensible; unfeeling.
9. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
10. Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
11. Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)

Verb

1. (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
2. (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
3. (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
4. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

Tegenovergesteld aan

sharp, bright, brainless, dumb, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, insensible, lowbrow, mindless, stupid, unintelligent, witless

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dʌl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: dull

Overgenomen van Oudengels: dol

Verwant aan Schots: dull

Verwant aan Noord-Fries: dol

Verwant aan Nederlands: dol

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: dul

Verwant aan Duits: toll

Verwant aan Deens: dval

Verwant aan IJslands: dulur

In summary

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).

Concepten

bot

stomp

afstompen

saai

dom

bot maken

onnozel

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simpel

taai

flauw

mat

verdierlijken

somber

schaapachtig

stom

🔇

stompzinnig

traag

toonloos

gesmoord

vergulden

vermoeiend

vervelend

verzoeten

zwakhoofdig

dof

lenigen

loom

lusteloos

melig

onbenullig

leeghoofdig

dempen

donker

duf

idioot

laf

naargeestig

stomphoekig

troosteloos

vaal

verflauwen

flauwhartig

suf

glansloos

verstompen

versuft

afgestompt

afkanten

Synoniemen

blunt

stupid

boring

obtuse

slow

dim

foolish

tedious

uninteresting

sluggish

silly

insipid

flat

overcast

idiotic

gloomy

tiresome

slow-witted

dark

inactive

cloudy

☁️

pale

lifeless

dumb

lacklustre

wearisome

not sharp

dreary

dense

numb

heavy

languid

deaden

monotonous

weak

muffled

ignorant

vapid

colourless

drab

colourless

lackluster

unintelligent

faded

obscure

opaque

sullen

stagnant

tasteless

dim-witted

Zinnen

The office paint was a dull , sad tan .