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dull

/dʌl/

US pronunciation
American sound/dʌl/
dull
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short u vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

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Myanmar meaning

(adj) ပျင်းစရာကောင်း

Full entry

dull /dʌl/ adj (-er, -est )

၁။ ပျင်းစရာကောင်းသော။ စိတ်ဝင်စားစရာ မကောင်းသော။ ငြီးငွေ့ဖွယ်။
a rather dull diet ❍ his dull suburban existence ❍ The conference was deadly dull. ❍ There's never a dull moment when John's around.
၂။ မကြည်လင်သော။ မှိုင်းသော။ (အရောင်) မွဲသော။
a dull colour/glow ❍ dull-looking hair ❍ The day began grey and dull. ❍ He heard a dull thud upstairs. အပေါ်ထပ်က ဒုတ်ခနဲ ခပ်အုပ်အုပ်အသံတစ်ချက် ကြားလိုက်ရတယ်။
၃။ ထိုင်း သော။ ထုံသော။ a dull pupil/class/mind.
၄။ စူးသော၊ အောင့်သော (နာကျင်မှု)။ a dull ache.
၅။ (အရောင်းအဝယ်) ပါးသော၊ ထိုင်းသော။ There's always a dull period after the January sales.
v မှိန်သွားသည်။ လျော့စေသည်။ သက်သာစေသည်။ The gleam of the ivory had dulled. ❍ She took drugs to dull the pain. ❍ (fig ) Time had dulled the edge of his grief. dullness n [U] dully /'dʌlli/ adj : ‘I suppose so,’ she said dully. ❍ His leg ached dully.

More examples
  • Life in a small village can be very dull.
  • A dull lecture
  • Hair that looks dull and lifeless
  • A dull colour
  • She had a dull expression on her face.
  • I felt a dull ache in my stomach.
  • There was a dull thud from the flat above.
  • He really is the dullest boy in the class.
Synonyms
boring, uninteresting, tedious, monotonous, dreary, dry, deadly, unexciting, lackluster, mind-numbing, lifeless, abused, accustomed, addled, allay, apathetic, archaic, arid, ashen, assuage, backward, besotted, big yawn, black, blah, blank, blind, blunt, blunted, blur, boiler plate, brainless, callous, chestnut, cloud, cloudy, cold, colorless, common, commonplace, corn, daffy, daft, dampen, dark, dead, deaden, dense, depressed, dim, dim-witted, dingy, dismal, doltish, dozy, drab, draggy, driveling, dumb, dun, dusky, edentate, edentulate, edgeless, empty, even, faded, falling off, familiar, familiar tune, feeble, feeble-minded, flat, gloomy, gray, grimy, hackneyed, hackneyed saying, half-baked, hazy, heavy, high camp, ho hum, hoary, hokum, humdrum, ignorant, imbecilic, impassible, inactive, indifferent, indistinct, indolent, inert, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insipid, jejune, languid, leaden, listless, longwinded, low, lumpy, matte, moronic, mousy, muddy, muffle, muffled, murky, muted, not bright, not keen, not sharp, numskulled, obscure, obtuse, oft-repeated, old chestnut, old story, opaque, ordinary, out-of-date, overcast, passionless, placid, plain, platitude, plodding, pointless, potboiler, prolix, prosaic, prosaicism, prosy, quiet, reduce, regular, repetitious, repetitive, round, routine, run-of-the-mill, scatterbrained, shadowy, shallow, simple, simple-minded, sitting tight, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, snoozy, sober, soft, softened, somber
Antonyms
accentuate, active, agitated, alert, apparent, bright, brilliant, cheerful, clear, cognizant, dishonest, distinct, energetic, eventful, excited, exciting, fast, filled, full, good, happy, hopeful, intelligent, interesting, keen, knifelike, light, lively, luminous, lustrous, pleasant, pointed, quick, rough, satisfied, sensitive, serrated, sharp, smart, spirited, visible, vivacious, witty
Cross references
boringuninterestingtediousmonotonousdrearydrydeadlyunexcitinglacklustermind-numbinglifelessabusedaccustomedaddledallayapatheticarchaicaridashenassuagebackwardbesottedbig yawnblackblahblankblindblunt
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