dull
معنی فارسی
گرفته خفه کند تيره تار کمرنگ کاسد فروش نرفتني
معنی کامل و مثالها
/dul/adj., vt., vi.
● کم هوش، کند ذهن، کودن، خنگ
a dull student
شاگرد کندذهن
● کرخ، کرخت، عاری از احساس، بیحس
dull to grief
عاری از احساس غم
she was so tired that she was dull to what went on about her
آنقدر خسته بود که رویدادهای اطراف خود را حس نمیکرد.
● (از نظر بدنی) کمشتاب، آهسته، کند، کنددست، فس فسو
● خمود، سست، بیحال، بیاشتیاق، بیدل و دماغ، بیمزه
Hossein drank so much that he became dull
حسین آنقدر نوشید که خمود شد.
he is in one of his dull moods again
او دوباره دچار رخوت شده است.
● غیرفعال، بیفعالیت، بیکار، ناکنشور، کساد
a dull period for sales
دوران کسادی فروش
the gold market is dull
بازار طلا کساد است.
● کسل کننده، ملالتآور، خسته کننده، ملالانگیز
a dull book
کتاب کسل کننده
a dull party
مهمانی بیمزه
● (تیغ یا چاقو یا شمشیر و غیره) کند
a dull knife
چاقوی کند
● مبهم، گنگ، خفیف
a dull headache
سردرد خفیف
● (رنگ) مات، مرده، بیحالت، کدر، گرفته
a dull red
قرمز کدر
a dull finish
جلای کدر
● (صدا) نامشخص، خفه
she fell with a dull thud
او با صدای خفهای افتاد (تلپی افتاد).
● (هوا) گرفته، دلگیر
the dull weather
هوای غمافزا
● (انگلیس) نیمه کر
● کند کردن یا شدن، کدر شدن یا کردن
defeat dulled the sharp edge of his desire
شکست، لبهی تیز اشتیاق او را کند کرد.
her eyes and ears were dulled by old age
چشمها و گوشهایش در اثر پیری ضعیف شده بودند.
the sun has dulled this carpet's colors
آفتاب رنگ این فرش را کدر کرده است.
تعریف انگلیسی
- make dull in appearance “Age had dulled the surface” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness “the varnished table top dulled with time” “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s”
- make numb or insensitive “The shock numbed her senses” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody”
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- make dull or blunt “Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s something”
- become less interesting or attractive “Verb Frames:” “Something ----s”
- make less lively or vigorous “Middle age dulled her appetite for travel” “Verb Frames:” “Somebody ----s something” “Something ----s somethingII”
- 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” “Attrubites: dullness”
- emitting or reflecting very little light “a dull glow” “dull silver badly in need of a polish” “a dull sky” “Attrubites: luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light”
- 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”
- 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”
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted “dull greens and blues”
- not keenly felt “a dull throbbing” “dull pain”
- 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”
- (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”
- 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”
- darkened with overcast “a dark day” “a dull sky” “the sky was leaden and thick”
مترادفها
I. adjective
1. Stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, brutish, unintelligent, blunt witted.
2. Apathetic, insensible, unimpassioned, passionless, dead, callous.
3. Inert, inactive, lifeless, inanimate, heavy, sluggish, slow, torpid.
4. Blunt, obtuse, dulled.
5. Gloomy, sad, dismal, cheerless.
6. Dim, obscure.
7. Tedious, wearisome, tiresome, uninteresting, dreary, dry, jejune.
II. verb active
1. Blunt, make blunt.
2. Stupefy, benumb, deaden, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make or render insensible, render callous, make obtuse.
3. Depress, dishearten, discourage, dispirit, deject, make melancholy, make sad, gloomy, or dejected.
4. Quiet, allay, moderate, assuage, mitigate, alleviate, soften.
5. Sully, tarnish, dim.