Be+dull

  • 91dull as a fish — very dull or uninteresting; not a condition subscribed to by ichthyologists …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 92dull-witted — adjective Having a dull, blunt wit or mind. Syn: slow witted Ant: bright, sharp witted, witty …

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  • 93dull — [13] Dull originally meant ‘slow witted’. It was borrowed from Middle Low German dul, a descendant of the prehistoric Germanic adjective *dulaz, which also produced German toll and Old English dol ‘stupid’ (the Old English adjective does not seem …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 94dull — See: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 95dull — adjective 1》 lacking interest or excitement. 2》 not bright or shiny.     ↘(of the weather) overcast. 3》 slow to understand.     ↘slow moving. 4》 indistinctly felt or heard. verb make or become dull. Derivatives dullish adjective dullness (also… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 96dull as ditchwater — Phrs. Very boring, unexciting. Cf. dull as dishwater …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 97dull — adj 1. unintelligent, witless, slow witted, dull witted; stolid, obtuse, crass, Boeotian, bovine, blockish, lumpish; dense, thick headed, Inf. thick, slow, stupid, Brit., Australian Inf. dill, Scot, and North Eng. dowf; backward, doltish, Sl.… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 98dull coal — blausiosios anglys statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Petrografinė anglių atmaina. atitikmenys: angl. dull coal rus. матовый уголь ryšiai: sinonimas – matinės anglys …

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  • 99dull-capped attila — dulsvagalvė atila statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Attila bolivianus angl. dull capped attila vok. Weißaugen Attilatyrann, m rus. ржавчатый аттила, m pranc. attila à calotte grise, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – atilos …

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  • 100dull-coloured grassquit — rudasis tiaris statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Sporophila obscura; Tiaris obscura angl. dull coloured grassquit vok. Braunpfäffchen, n rus. бурая вьюрковая овсянка, f pranc. sporophile obscur, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas …

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