dull nghĩa là gì trong Tiếng Việt?
Từ điển Anh Việt
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
Từ điển Anh Anh - Wordnet
dull
make dull in appearance
Age had dulled the surface
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
the varnished table top dulled with time
make dull or blunt
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Synonyms: blunt
Antonyms: sharpen
make less lively or vigorous
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel
lacking in liveliness or animation
he was so dull at parties
a dull political campaign
a large dull impassive man
dull days with nothing to do
how dull and dreary the world is
fell back into one of her dull moods
Antonyms: lively
emitting or reflecting very little light
a dull glow
dull silver badly in need of a polish
a dull sky
Antonyms: bright
being or made softer or less loud or clear
the dull boom of distant breaking waves
muffled drums
the muffled noises of the street
muted trumpets
Synonyms: muffled, muted, softened
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
dull greens and blues
not keenly felt
a dull throbbing
dull pain
Antonyms: sharp
(of business) not active or brisk
business is dull (or slow)
a sluggish market
not having a sharp edge or point
the knife was too dull to be of any use
Antonyms: sharp
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
a dull gaze
so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
the dull thud
thudding bullets
Synonyms: thudding
darkened with overcast
a dark day
a dull sky
the sky was leaden and thick
Synonyms: leaden
Similar:
muffle: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Synonyms: mute, damp, dampen, tone down
numb: make numb or insensitive
The shock numbed her senses
pall: become less interesting or attractive
boring: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a boring evening with uninteresting people
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
a dull play
his competent but dull performance
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Synonyms: deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
dense: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
never met anyone quite so dim
although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
worked with the slow students
