dull
Lacking the ability to cut easilyLacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
» I can't write with this dull pencil.
Ich kann mit diesem stumpfen Bleistift nicht schreiben.
Я не могу писать этим тупым карандашом.
Я не можу писати цим непідточеним олівцем.
Meaning
11 sensesLacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
All these knives are dull.
stumpf
тупо́йtupój
тупи́йtupýj
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.
fad, langweilig
ску́чныйskúčnyj
Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.
a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror
matt, stumpf
ту́склыйtúsklyj, ма́товыйmátovyj
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
blöd, blöde, dumm
тупо́йtupój, глу́пыйglúpyj
Sluggish, listless.
Bored, depressed, down.
I felt dull all day.
Cloudy, overcast.
It's a dull day.
trüb
darkened with overcast
Insensible; unfeeling.
Heavy; lifeless; inert.
c. 1857', Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Table-Talk As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain.
Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.
not keenly felt
Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
Examples
148 sentencesI can't write with this dull pencil.
Я не можу писати цим непідточеним олівцем.
ruЯ не могу писать этим тупым карандашом.
deIch kann mit diesem stumpfen Bleistift nicht schreiben.
The point of the pencil has become dull.
Олівець затупився.
ruКарандаш затупился.
This knife is so dull that it can't cut.
Цей ніж настільки тупий, що ним неможливо різати.
ruЭтот нож такой тупой, что им нельзя резать.
The knife is dull.
Ніж тупий.
ruНож тупой.
deDas Messer ist stumpf.
This knife is dull.
Цей ніж тупий.
ruЭтот нож тупой.
deDieses Messer ist stumpf.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dull, dul (also dyll, dill, dwal), from Old English dol (“dull, foolisFrom 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”).
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Forms
duller, dullestSynonyms
372 synonyms- (of business) not active or brisk:slowsluggish
- darkened with overcast:leaden
- being or made softer or less loud or clear:muffledmutedsoftened
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft:thudding
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity:densedimdumbobtuseslow
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness:boringdeadeningho-humirksomeslowtedioustiresomewearisome
Antonyms
28 antonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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