English-Thai Dictionary

dull

ADJ ทื่อ  blunt blunted dulled unsharpened sharp tue

 

dull

ADJ น่าเบื่อ  ไม่ น่าสนใจ  ไม่มีชีวิตชีวา  tedious boring tiresome exciting fascinating na-buea

 

dull

ADJ มัว  ขุ่น  หมอง  ทึบ  gloomy sober somber dim mar

 

dull

ADJ โง่  ทึบ  หัวทึบ  stupid stolid witless witty quick smart ngo

 

dull

VT ทำให้ กระตือรือร้น ลดลง  ทำให้ ลดลง  ทำให้ อ่อนแรง  ทำให้ ไม่ คล่องแคล่ว  deaden narcotize benumb tam-hai-kra-tu-rue-ron

 

dull

VT ทำให้ ชา  ทำให้ หมดความรู้สึก  numb deaden sensitize tam-hai-cha

 

dull

VT ทำให้ ทื่อ  ทำให้ ไม่ คม  obtund rust tam-hai-tue

 

dull

VT ทำให้ หมอง  ทำให้ มัว  ทำให้ เก่า  discolor tarnish tam-haomong

 

dull over

PHRV มืดมัว ลง  mud-mu-long

 

dull up

PHRV ทำให้ ทึ่ง  tam-hai-tuang

 

dullard

N คนโง่  simpleton dolt khon-ngor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DULL

a.[G.] 1. Stupid; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding; as a lad of dull genius.
2. Heavy; sluggish; without life or spirit; as a surfeit leaves a man very dull.
3. Slow of motion; sluggish; as a dull stream.
4. Slow of hearing or seeing; as dull of hearing; dull of seeing.
5. Slow to learn or comprehend; unready; awkward; as a dull scholar.
6. Sleepy; drowsy.
7. Sad; melancholy.
8. Gross; cloggy; insensible; as the dull earth.
9. Not pleasing or delightful; not exhilarating; cheerless; as, to make dictionaries is dull work.
1 . Not bright or clear; clouded; tarnished; as, the mirror is dull.
11. Not bright; not briskly burning; as a dull fire.
12. Dim; obscure; not vivid; as a dull light.
13. Blunt; obtuse; having a thick edge; as a dull knife or ax.
14. Cloudy; overcast; not clear; not enlivening; as dull weather.
15. With seamen, being without wind; as, a ship has a dull time.
16. Not lively or animated; as a dull eye.

 

DULL

v.t. 1. To make dull; to stupify; as, to dull the senses.
2. To blunt; as, to dull a sword or an ax.
3. To make sad or melancholy.
4. To hebetate; to make insensible or slow to perceive; as, to dull the ears; to dull the wits.
5. To damp; to render lifeless; as, to dull the attention.
6. To make heavy or slow of motion; as, to dull industry.
7. To sully; to tarnish or cloud; as, the breath dulls a mirror.

 

DULL

v.i.To become dull or blunt; to become stupid.

 

DULL-BRAINED

a.Stupid; of dull intellect.

 

DULL-BROWED

a.Having a gloomy look.

 

DULL-DISPOSED

a.Inclined to dullness or sadness.

 

DULL-EYED

a.Having a downcast look.

 

DULL-HEAD

n.A person of dull understanding; a dolt; a blockhead.

 

DULL-SIGHTED

a.Having imperfect sigh; purblind.

 

DULL-WITTED

a.Having a dull intellect; heavy.

 

DULLARD

a.Doltish; stupid.

 

DULLARD

n.A stupid person; a dot; a blockhead; a dunce.

 

DULLED

pp. Made dull; blunted.

 

DULLER

n.That which makes dull.

 

DULLING

ppr. Making dull.

 

DULLNESS

n. 1. Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the dullness of a student.
2. Want of quick perception or eager desire.
3. Heaviness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
4. Heaviness; disinclination to motion.
5. Sluggishness; slowness.
6. Dimness; want of clearness or luster.
7. Bluntness; want of edge.
8. Want of brightness or vividness; as dullness of color.

 

DULLY

adv. Stupidity; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DULL

Dull, a. [Compar. Duller; superl. Dullest.] Etym: [AS. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. Dolt, Dwale, Dwell, Fraud. ]

 

1. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. "Dull at classical learning. " Thackeray. She is not bred so dull but she can learn. Shak.

 

2. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing. Matt. xiii. 15. O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue. Spenser.

 

3. Insensible; unfeeling. Think me not So dull a devil to forget the loss Of such a matchless wife. Beau. & Fl.

 

4. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. "Thy scythe is dull. " Herbert.

 

5. Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

 

6. Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert. "The dull earth. " Shak. As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain. Longfellow.

 

7. Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day. Along life's dullest, dreariest walk. Keble.

 

Syn. -- Lifeless; inanimate; dead; stupid; doltish; heavy; sluggish; sleepy; drowsy; gross; cheerless; tedious; irksome; dismal; dreary; clouded; tarnished; obtuse. See Lifeless.

 

DULL

Dull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duller; p. pr. & vb. n. Dulling. ]

 

1. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. "This. .. dulled their swords." Bacon. Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Shak.

 

2. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like. Those [drugs ] she has Will stupefy and dull the sense a while. Shak. Use and custom have so dulled our eyes. Trench.

 

3. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. "Dulls the mirror. " Bacon.

 

4. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden. Attention of mind. .. wasted or dulled through continuance. Hooker.

 

DULL

DULL Dull, v. i.

 

Defn: To become dull or stupid. Rom. of R.

 

DULLARD

Dull "ard, n. Etym: [Dull + -ard. ]

 

Defn: A stupid person; a dunce. Shak. -- a.

 

Defn: Stupid. Bp. Hall.

 

DULL-BRAINED

DULL-BRAINED Dull "-brained `, a.

 

Defn: Stupid; doltish. Shak.

 

DULL-BROWED

DULL-BROWED Dull "-browed `, a.

 

Defn: Having a gloomy look.

 

DULLER

DULLER Dull "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, dulls.

 

DULL-EYED

DULL-EYED Dull "-eyed `, a.

 

Defn: Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. Shak.

 

DULLHEAD

DULLHEAD Dull "head `, n.

 

Defn: A blockhead; a dolt. Ascham.

 

DULLISH

DULLISH Dull "ish, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome. "A series of dullish verses." Prof. Wilson.

 

DULLNESS

DULLNESS Dull "ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.

 

DULL-SIGHTED

DULL-SIGHTED Dull "-sight `ed, a.

 

Defn: Having poor eyesight.

 

DULLSOME

DULLSOME Dull "some, a.

 

Defn: Dull. [R.] Gataker.

 

DULL-WITTED

DULL-WITTED Dull "-wit `ted, a.

 

Defn: Stupid.

 

DULLY

DULLY Dul "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit. Supinely calm and dully innocent. G. Lyttelton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dull

dull |dəl dəl | ▶adjective 1 lacking interest or excitement: your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring. • archaic (of a person ) feeling bored and dispirited: she said she wouldn't be dull and lonely. 2 lacking brightness, vividness, or sheen: his face glowed in the dull lamplight | his black hair looked dull. • (of the weather ) overcast; gloomy: next morning dawned dull. • (of sound ) not clear; muffled: a dull thud of hooves. • (of pain ) indistinctly felt; not acute: there was a dull pain in his lower jaw. • (of an edge or blade ) blunt: a lot more people are cut with dull knives than with sharp ones. 3 (of a person ) slow to understand; stupid: the voice of a teacher talking to a rather dull child. • archaic (of a person's senses ) not perceiving things distinctly; insensitive. • (of activity ) sluggish, slow-moving: gold closed lower in dull trading. ▶verb make or become dull or less intense: [ with obj. ] : time dulls the memory | [ no obj. ] : Albert's eyes dulled a little. PHRASES ( as ) dull as dishwater extremely dull. dull the edge of cause to be less keenly felt; reduce the intensity or effectiveness of: she'd have to find something to dull the edges of the pain. DERIVATIVES dull ish adjective, dull ness (also dulness ) noun, dul ly adverb ORIGIN Old English dol ‘stupid, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dol ‘crazy ’ and German toll ‘mad, fantastic, wonderful. ’

 

dullard

dull ard |ˈdələrd ˈdələrd | ▶noun a slow or stupid person. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Dutch dullaert, from dul ‘dull. ’

 

Dulles, John Foster

Dul les, John Foster |ˈdələs ˈdələs | (1888 –1959 ), US statesman and international lawyer. He was the US adviser at the founding of the United Nations in 1945. As secretary of state at the height of the Cold War 1953 –59, he urged the stockpiling of nuclear arms to deter Soviet aggression.

 

dullsville

dulls ville |ˈdəlzˌvil ˈdʌlzvɪl | informal ▶noun a dull or monotonous place or condition. ▶adjective dull or monotonous: she transforms their dullsville life.

 

dull-witted

dull-wit ted |ˈdəl ˈˌwɪdɪd | ▶adjective slow to understand; stupid.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dull

dull |dʌl | ▶adjective 1 lacking interest or excitement: your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring. • archaic (of a person ) feeling bored and dispirited. 2 lacking brightness, vividness, or sheen: his face glowed in the dull lamplight | his black hair looked dull. • (of the weather ) overcast; gloomy: next morning dawned dull. • (of sound ) not clear; muffled: a dull thud of hooves. • (of pain ) indistinctly felt; not acute: there was a dull pain in his lower jaw. • (of an edge or blade ) blunt. • (of activity ) sluggish or slow-moving: shares closed weaker after a day of dull trading. 3 (of a person ) slow to understand; stupid: the voice of a teacher talking to a rather dull child. • archaic (of a person's senses ) not perceiving things distinctly. ▶verb make or become dull or less intense: [ with obj. ] : time dulls the memory | [ no obj. ] : Albert's eyes dulled a little. PHRASES ( as ) dull as dishwater (or ditchwater ) Brit. extremely dull. dull the edge of cause to be less keenly felt; reduce the intensity of: she'd have to find something to dull the edges of the pain. DERIVATIVES dullish adjective, dullness (also dulness ) noun, dully |ˈdʌlˌli |adverb ORIGIN Old English dol ‘stupid ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dol ‘crazy ’ and German toll ‘mad, fantastic, wonderful ’.

 

dullard

dullard |ˈdʌləd | ▶noun a slow or stupid person. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Dutch dullaert, from dul ‘dull ’.

 

Dulles, John Foster

Dulles, John Foster |ˈdʌlɪs | (1888 –1959 ), American Republican statesman and international lawyer. He was the US adviser at the founding of the United Nations in 1945 and negotiated the peace treaty with Japan in 1951.

 

dullsville

dullsville |ˈdʌlzvɪl | informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▶noun [ mass noun ] a dull or monotonous place or condition. ▶adjective dull or monotonous: she has transformed their dullsville life.

 

dull-witted

dull-witted ▶adjective slow to understand; stupid.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dull

dull adjective 1 a dull novel: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unrelieved, unvaried, unimaginative, uneventful; characterless, featureless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, unexciting, uninspiring, unstimulating, jejune, flat, bland, dry, stale, tired, banal, lackluster, ho-hum, stodgy, dreary, humdrum, mundane; mind-numbing, wearisome, tiring, tiresome, irksome, dullsville. ANTONYMS interesting. 2 a dull morning: overcast, cloudy, gloomy, dark, dismal, dreary, somber, gray, murky, sunless. ANTONYMS sunny, bright. 3 dull colors: drab, dreary, somber, dark, subdued, muted, lackluster, faded, washed out, muddy, dingy. ANTONYMS bright. 4 a dull sound: muffled, muted, quiet, soft, faint, indistinct; stifled, suppressed. ANTONYMS loud, resonant. 5 the chisel became dull: blunt, unsharpened, edgeless, worn down. ANTONYMS sharp. 6 a rather dull child: unintelligent, stupid, slow, witless, vacuous, empty-headed, stunned, brainless, mindless, foolish, idiotic; informal dense, dim, moronic, halfwitted, thick, dumb, dopey, dozy, bovine, slow on the uptake, wooden-headed, fat-headed. ANTONYMS clever. 7 her cold made her feel dull: sluggish, lethargic, enervated, listless, languid, torpid, slow, sleepy, drowsy, weary, tired, fatigued; apathetic; informal dozy, dopey, yawny, logy. ANTONYMS lively. ▶verb 1 the pain was dulled by drugs: lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, dampen, blunt, deaden, allay, ease, soothe, assuage, alleviate. ANTONYMS intensify. 2 sleep dulled her mind: numb, benumb, deaden, desensitize, stupefy, daze. ANTONYMS enliven. 3 rain dulled the sky: darken, blacken, dim, veil, obscure, shadow, fog. ANTONYMS brighten. 4 the somber atmosphere dulled her spirit: dampen, lower, depress, crush, sap, extinguish, smother, stifle. ANTONYMS raise, brighten. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See stupid . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

dullard

dullard noun the guy at the video store turned out to be a real dullard: idiot, fool, stupid person, simpleton, ignoramus, oaf, dunce, dolt; informal moron, cretin, imbecile, nincompoop, dope, chump, nitwit, dimwit, birdbrain, peabrain, numbskull, numbnuts, fathead, dumbo, dumdum, donkey, doofus, goof, bozo, dummy, zombie.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dull

dull adjective 1 he is the author of several dull novels: uninteresting, boring, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dry, dry as dust, flat, bland, characterless, featureless, colourless, monotonous, unexciting, uninspiring, unstimulating, lacking variety, lacking variation, lacking excitement, lacking interest, unimaginative, uneventful, lifeless, soulless, insipid; unoriginal, derivative, commonplace, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, unremarkable, banal, lame, plodding, ponderous, pedestrian; informal dull as dishwater, deadly, no great shakes, not up to much; Scottish informal dreich; N. Amer. informal dullsville, ornery. ANTONYMS interesting. 2 it was a miserably dull Saturday morning: overcast, cloudy, gloomy, dark, dim, dismal, dreary, bleak, sombre, grey, leaden, murky, sunless, louring; literary subfusc. ANTONYMS sunny, bright. 3 the window frames were painted in dull colours: drab, dreary, sombre, dark, subdued, muted, toned down, lacklustre, lustreless, colourless, faded, washed out, muddy, watery, pale; literary subfusc. ANTONYMS bright. 4 he heard a dull sound outside his door: muffled, muted, quiet, soft, softened, faint, indistinct; stifled, smothered, suppressed. ANTONYMS loud; resonant. 5 the edge of the chisel soon became dull: blunt, blunted, not sharp, unkeen, unsharpened, dulled, edgeless, worn down. ANTONYMS sharp. 6 an otherwise dull stock market was enlivened by merger plans: slack, sluggish, flat, slow, slow-moving, quiet, inactive, static, stagnant, depressed. ANTONYMS brisk. 7 the teacher was talking slowly to a rather dull child: unintelligent, stupid, slow, dull-witted, slow-witted, witless, doltish, dunce-like, stolid, vacuous, empty-headed, brainless, mindless, foolish, half-witted, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, cretinous, obtuse; informal dense, dim, dim-witted, thick, thick as two short planks, dumb, dopey, dozy, lamebrained, pig-ignorant, bovine, slow on the uptake, soft in the head, brain-dead, boneheaded, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden-headed, fat-headed, muttonheaded; Brit. informal daft, not the full shilling; N. Amer. vulgar slang dumb-ass. ANTONYMS clever. 8 her cold made her feel dull: sluggish, lethargic, enervated, unenergetic, listless, languid, torpid, inactive, inert, slow, slow-moving, sleepy, somnolent, drowsy, weary, tired, fatigued, heavy, apathetic; informal dozy, dopey, yawny; N. Amer. informal logy; Medicine asthenic, neurasthenic; archaic lymphatic. ANTONYMS lively. ▶verb 1 the pain was temporarily dulled by drugs: lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, dampen, depress, take the edge off, blunt, deaden, mute, soften, tone down, allay, ease, soothe, assuage, alleviate, palliate, moderate, mitigate. ANTONYMS intensify. 2 sleep had dulled her mind: numb, benumb, deaden, desensitize, render insensitive, stupefy, daze, stun; drug, sedate, tranquillize, narcotize; rare torpefy, obtund. ANTONYMS enliven. 3 the leaves are dulled by powdery mildew: fade, pale, bleach, wash out, decolorize, decolour, dim, etiolate. ANTONYMS enhance; brighten. 4 the rain came in flurries, dulling the sky: darken, blacken, dim, blur, veil, obscure, shadow, fog; literary bedim. ANTONYMS brighten. 5 the sombre atmosphere of that place dulled her spirit: dampen, put a damper on, cast a pall over, cast down, lower, depress, crush, shake, sap, suppress, extinguish, smother, stifle. ANTONYMS raise.

 

dullard

dullard noun the MP was caricatured as a dupe and a dullard: idiot, fool, stupid person, simpleton, ignoramus, oaf, dunce, dolt, moron, cretin, imbecile; informal duffer, nincompoop, booby, dope, chump, nitwit, dimwit, airhead, birdbrain, lamebrain, pea-brain, numbskull, thickhead, fathead, blockhead, bonehead, dunderhead, meathead, muttonhead, wooden-head, dipstick, dumb-bell, noodle, dumbo, dum-dum, ass, donkey, jerk; Brit. informal wally, berk, divvy, nit, mug, pillock, prat, wazzock, silly billy; N. Amer. informal doofus, goof, goofball, putz, bozo, boob, lamer, lummox, dummy, turkey; Austral. /NZ informal galah, dingbat, drongo.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dull

dull /dʌl /〖原義は 「 (頭 感覚が )鈍い 」〗形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 〈人 話などが 〉退屈な , おもしろくない, 単調な (boring )▸ a dull teacher おもしろくない先生 ▸ The movie was deadly dull .その映画はすごく退屈だった ▸ There's never a dull moment when Bob's around .｟話 おどけて ｠ボブがいると退屈するひまがない 2 〈人 動作などが 〉活力がない ; はきはきしない ▸ feel too dull to go out だるいので外出する気になれない 3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗くすんだ , ぼんやりした 〈色 光 〉(↔bright ); 鈍い 〈音 〉(↔sharp ); さえない 〈味など 〉▸ a dull luster 鈍い光沢 ▸ (a ) dull yellow くすんだ黄色 ▸ a dull thud 鈍いドンという音 4 〈天候が 〉どんよりした, 曇った (↔sunny )▸ the dull weather [sky ]曇天 [どんよりした空 ]5 〖名詞 の前で 〗鈍い 〈痛み 〉(↔sharp )▸ a dull ache [pain ]鈍痛 6 ｟やや古 ｠〈刃物などが 〉切れ味が悪い, なまくらの, 〈鉛筆などが 〉先がとがっていない (↔sharp )▸ a dull knife 切れ味の悪いナイフ 7 ｟やや古 ｠〈人が 〉頭の鈍い, 物わかりの悪い (stupid ).8 ｟主に米 ｠〈市場などが 〉活気のない , 振るわない .9 〈感覚が 〉鈍感な, 鈍い ; 〈目 耳が 〉うまく働かない .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈痛み 感情など 〉を鈍くする, 弱くする, 和らげる ▸ dull the pain 痛みを和らげる .2 ｟書 ｠〈人 〉をぼうっとさせる .3 〈色 音など 〉を鈍らせる, 曇らせる, ぼんやりさせる .4 〈景気 〉を不活発にする .自動詞 1 〈痛み 感情などが 〉鈍くなる, 弱くなる, 和らぐ .2 〈色 音などが 〉鈍る, 曇る, ぼんやりする .

 

dullard

dull ard /dʌ́lə r d /名詞 C ｟主に米 やや古 ｠ばか, 鈍い人 .

 

dully

dul ly /dʌ́lli, dʌ́li /副詞 1 ぼんやりと 〈光る 〉; 鈍く 〈音がする 〉.2 ずきずきと 〈痛む 〉.3 のろのろと, けだるそうに .