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Detailed Translations for dullness from English to Spanish

dullness:

dullness [the ~] noun

  1. the dullness (stupidity; vapidity)
    la estupidez; la futilidad; la majadería; la insignificancia
  2. the dullness (monotony; uniformity; boredom; )
    la rutina; la monotonía
  3. the dullness (listlessness; apathy; tepidness)
    el aburrimiento; la apatía; la languidez
  4. the dullness (bleakness; blandness; drabness)
    la palidez; la sosería; la incoloridad
  5. the dullness (vapidity)
    la tontería; la estupidez; la insipidez; la futilidad; la nadería; la insignificancia
  6. the dullness (sallowness; blandness; paleness; wanness)
    la palidez
  7. the dullness (greyness; monotony; achromatism; achromaticity)
    la palidez; la lividez; la incoloridad
  8. the dullness (will-lessness; inertia)
    el letargo; la pereza; la lentitud; la inercia; la apatía; la holgazanería

Translation Matrix for dullness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
aburrimiento apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness boredom; weariness
apatía apathy; dullness; inertia; listlessness; tepidness; will-lessness apathy; characterlessness; lack of character; lack of energy; languor; lethargy
estupidez dullness; stupidity; vapidity absurdity; backwardness; blooper; blunder; deaf-muteness; enormity; feebleness; folly; foolishness; frailty; idiocy; inanity; incongruity; inconsiderateness; lunacy; madness; mental illness; naïvete; paradox; preposterousness; rashness; retardation; rubbish; silliness; slackness; thougtlessness; trivial; weakness
futilidad dullness; stupidity; vapidity a piece of cake; bagatelle; child's play; futility; small affair; small matter; small thing; something unimportant; trifle
holgazanería dullness; inertia; will-lessness idleness; laziness; loafing about; shirking; sitting about; sitting around; slacking
incoloridad achromaticity; achromatism; blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness; greyness; monotony
inercia dullness; inertia; will-lessness inactivity; indolence; inertia; inertness; lack of energy; languor; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; mental inertia; non activity; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness
insignificancia dullness; stupidity; vapidity ballyhoo; deaf-muteness; dime novel; foolishness; fuss; futility; inanity; invalidity; it was nothing; light novel; little bit; naïvete; nullity; penny dreadful; scanty garment; silliness; small affair; small matter; small thing; something unimportant; trifle; yellowback
insipidez dullness; vapidity blandness; dread; fear; saltlessness; tastelessness; weakness
languidez apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness
lentitud dullness; inertia; will-lessness lethargy
letargo dullness; inertia; will-lessness lethargy
lividez achromaticity; achromatism; dullness; greyness; monotony
majadería dullness; stupidity; vapidity beefing; bleating; caper; inconsiderateness; rashness; silly joke; thougtlessness
monotonía blandness; boredom; drabness; dullness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity
nadería dullness; vapidity futility; little bit; silly joke; small affair; small matter; small thing; something unimportant; trifle
palidez achromaticity; achromatism; blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness; greyness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; wanness fadedness; paleness; washiness
pereza dullness; inertia; will-lessness blank; emptiness; idleness; indolence; laziness; lazy; lethargy; shirking; slacking; void
rutina blandness; boredom; drabness; dullness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity discovery; experience; fixed pattern; practice; practise; routine; rut; skill; stereotype
sosería blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness blandness; dread; fear; saltlessness; tastelessness; weakness
tontería dullness; vapidity a piece of cake; backwardness; bagatelle; banter; child's play; folly; foolishness; frenzy; fury; futility; idiocy; inconsiderateness; jerkin; madness; mental illness; nonsense; preposterousness; rage; rashness; retardation; rubbish; sheepishness; silliness; silly joke; small affair; small matter; small thing; something unimportant; staggers; stupidity; tattle; thougtlessness; trifle
- bluntness; obtuseness

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Related Definitions for "dullness":

  1. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point1
    • the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible1
  2. lack of sensibility1
    • there was a dullness in his heart1
    • without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it.1
  3. a lack of visual brightness1
    • the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea1
  4. the quality of lacking interestingness1
    • the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees1
  5. the quality of being slow to understand1

dull:

dull adj

  1. dull (boring; tedious; dreary)
  2. dull (boring; dreadful)
  3. dull (boring; dreary; drab)
  4. dull (obtuse; stupid; dense)
  5. dull (boring; deadening)
  6. dull (mat; misty; frosted)
  7. dull
  8. dull (fusty)
  9. dull (drowsy; muzzy; soporific; )
  10. dull (out of focus; blurred; blunt)
  11. dull (weary; languid; tired; frosted)
    – lacking in liveliness or animation 1
  12. dull (matt)
  13. dull (boring)
  14. dull (tedious; boring; mindless)
  15. dull (dreary; gloomy; sad; )
  16. dull (without style; feeble; tasteless; )
  17. dull (refractory; tenacious; obstinate; )
  18. dull (saltless; flat; unsavoury; tasteless; unsavory)
  19. dull (unanimated; lifeless)
  20. dull (faded red)

Translation Matrix for dull:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bobo Simple Simon; birdbrain; blockhead; buffoon; butt; clown; coxcomb; dandy; dimwit; dolt; duffer; dumbo; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; fop; idiot; jack pudding; jackanapes; kind soul; lamb; lambkin; laughing-stock; merry Andrew; moron; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; oaf; prig; rattle brain; rattle-brain; silly man; silly thing; simple mind; simpleton; softy; stupid
estúpido Simple Simon; birdbrain; blockhead; dimwit; dolt; duffer; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; idiot; moron; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; oaf; rattle brain; rattle-brain; simpleton; stupid
imbécil Simple Simon; ass; asshole; bastard; birdbrain; blockhead; buffoon; clown; daft; dimwit; dolt; duffer; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; idiot; imbecile; jerk; loony; lunatic; mad; madman; mentally disabled; moron; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; nutcase; oaf; rattle brain; rattle-brain; shithead; silly thing; simpleton; stupid
lelo blockhead; drip; dud; idiot; lemon; nerd; nitwit; numbskull; oaf; simpleton
melancólico melancholic
pesado asshole; bore; creep; duffer; handful; mope; moper; nasty piece of work; nuisance; pain in the ass; pain in the neck; pest; rotter; scoundrel; troublemaker; wet; wet blanket; wretch; wretched fellow
rebelde agitator; mutineer; rebel; recalcitrant; refuser; rioter
romo butt-end
simplón Simple Simon; birdbrain; blockhead; dimwit; dolt; duffer; dumbo; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; idiot; moron; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; oaf; rattle brain; rattle-brain; silly man; silly thing; simple mind; simpleton; stupid
tonto Simple Simon; ass; birdbrain; blockhead; booby; boor; buffoon; clodhopper; clown; daft; dimwit; dolt; duffer; duffers; dumbo; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; idiot; kind soul; lamb; lambkin; loony; lout; lubber; lunatic; mad; madman; meathead; mentally disabled; mopers; moron; nerd; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; nutcase; oaf; rattle brain; rattle-brain; silly man; silly thing; simple mind; simpleton; softy; stupid; yokel
torpe bastard; booby; boor; brute; churl; clodhopper; clumsy fellow; dolt; duffer; hulk; ill-mannered brute; lout; lubber; oaf; prole; slob; swine; unlicked cub; yokel
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- benumb; blunt; damp; dampen; muffle; mute; numb; pall; tone down
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apagado cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; frosted; gloomy; grey; joyless; mat; misty; sad as from now; bluntly; close; close by; coarse; crude; demure; drained; even; exhausted; extinguished; fagged; faint; flat; flatly; from; grave; hushed; in an undertone; languid; level; listless; muffled; of today; out; overtired; pale; point blank; sedate; shutdown; smooth; sober; subdued; uniform; unwavering; vulgar; washed out
- boring; deadening; dense; dim; dumb; ho-hum; irksome; leaden; muffled; muted; obtuse; slow; sluggish; softened; tedious; thudding; tiresome; wearisome
Not SpecifiedRelated TranslationsOther Translations
apagado shutdown
torpe clumsy; loutish
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- burnt out; depressed; extinct; gloomy; hollow; inane; lifeless; make apathetic; muffled; slack; sullen; vacuous
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abobado boring; drab; dreary; dull dozy; drowsy; fuzzy; sleepy; soporific
aburrido boring; deadening; dreadful; dreary; dull; mindless; tedious annoyed; disgruntled; displeased with; down in the dumps; dully; flat
atontado dopey; dozy; drowsy; dull; mindless; muzzy; sleepy; soporific; staggered; stupefied amazed; astonished; blank; dazzled; dumb; flabbergasted; inarticulate; intoxicated; speechless; staggered; stupefied; under the influence
aturdido dopey; dozy; drowsy; dull; mindless; muzzy; sleepy; soporific; staggered; stupefied amazed; arrogant; astonished; baffled; blank; blunt; boorish; dazed; dazzled; dozy; drowsy; dumb; dumbfounded; flabbergasted; fuzzy; ill-bred; impudent; in a state; inarticulate; insolent; overbearing; perplexed; presumptuous; rude; rustic; shaken; shameless; sleepy; soporific; speechless; staggered; stunned; stupefied; taken by surprise; unmannerly; upset
bobo boring; deadening; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid as a child; child-like; childish; crazy; daft; dumb; empty-headed; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; irrational; mad; mindless; naive; not sensible; odd; ridiculous; senseless; sheepish; silly; simple; stupid; wide-eyed
cargado dull; fusty burdened; charged; dusty; filled; filled out; fuggy; full; fusty; laden; loaded; musty; stale; stuffed; stuffy
con poca sal dull; flat; saltless; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
de color de rosa dull; faded red light-red; pale-red; pink; rose; rose-coloured; rose-red; roseate; rosy
de mal gusto bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style kitschy
de sarga boring; dull
deplorable cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad abominable; appalling; awful; critical; crying shame; crying to heaven; dejected; deplorable; depressed; despondent; discouraged; disgraceful; disheartened; dispirited; distressed; distressful; dizy; gloomy; grave; inadequate; insufficient; low spirited; meager; meagre; miserable; outrageous; paltry; pathetic; pessimistic; pitiable; pitiful; pityful; plaintive; poor; rank; regretful; rotten; sad; serious; shocking; sorrowful; sorry; terrible; unfortunate; unsatisfactory; weak; woeful; worrying; wretched
deprimido cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad clowdy; dejected; depressed; depressive; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; gloomy; low spirited; pessimistic
desabrido boring; drab; dreary; dull against the grain; awkward; bad tempered; bad-tempered; bothersome; cantankerous; catty; chilli; chilly; clammy; cold; cold and damp; complaining; crabbed; creepy; crusty; disagreeable; eerie; exacting; faint; gruff; grumbling; grumpy; headstrong; inconvenient; lamenting; lugubrious; moody; nagging; obstinate; peevish; pig-headed; querulous; recalcitrant; repulsive; rigid; scary; sinister; stiff; stubborn; sulky; sullen; surly; unappetising; unappetizing; unsavory; unsavoury; wailing
desafilado blunt; blurred; dull; out of focus big-boned; blunt; boorish; heavily-built; hefty; ill-bred; rude; stocky; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly
desolado cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad a pity; brokenhearted; dejected; depressed; deserted; desolate; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dismal; dispirited; forlorn; gloomy; inconsolable; isolated; lonely; lonesome; low spirited; miserable; naseaus; pessimistic; rotten; secluded; sequestered; solitary; too bad; wretched
desolador cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad miserable; naseaus; rotten; wretched
disparatadamente dense; dull; obtuse; stupid absurd; laughable; ludicrous; ridicule; ridiculous
disparatado dense; dull; obtuse; stupid nonsensical
embotado dense; dull; obtuse; stupid blunt
embotador boring; deadening; dull
entorpecido dense; dull; obtuse; stupid
estúpido boring; deadening; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid absurd; bonkers; cracked; crackers; crazy; daft; dumb; empty-headed; foolish; funny; idiot; idiotic; insane; irrational; laughable; loony; ludicrous; mad; mindless; not sensible; nuts; odd; potty; ridicule; ridiculous; round the bend; senseless; silly; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; unwise; useless
grisáceo cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad ash grey; ashen; drab; grey; greyish; grubby; mat
haber perdido el sabor dull; flat; saltless; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
imbécil boring; deadening; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid empty-headed
inanimado dull; lifeless; unanimated dead; deceased; lifeless; passed away; spiritless
insensato dense; dull; obtuse; stupid dumb; foolish; hasty; inconsiderate; irrational; mindless; not sensible; overconfident; premature; rash; reckless; senseless; stupid; thoughtless; unwise
insulso boring; drab; dreary; dull; tedious blurred; diluted; dim; faint; hazy; liquid; misty; unclear; undefinable; vague; watery
insípido boring; deadening; dull; flat; saltless; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
irrazonable dense; dull; obtuse; stupid dishonest; foolish; groundless; irrational; mindless; rash; senseless; thoughtless; unfair; unjust; unreasonable; unthinking; unwise; useless
lelo boring; deadening; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid dumb; empty-headed; foolish; mindless; naïve; not sensible; senseless; simple; stupid
mate dull; frosted; mat; matt; misty pale
melancólico cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad cheerless; dejected; depressed; despondent; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; gloomy; joyless; low spirited; melancholic; melancholy; moody; nostalgic; pensive; pessimistic; sad; somber; sombre; splenetic; triste; wistful
monótono boring; deadening; drab; dreary; dull bluntly; close; close by; coarse; crude; even; flat; flatly; level; point blank; smooth; uniform; unwavering; vulgar
no exuberante dull; frosted; languid; tired; weary
pesado boring; drab; dreadful; dreary; dull aggravating; annoying; boring; burdensome; chubby; complaining; corny; dawdling; deadly dull; dragging; driven; drooping; energetic; exasperating; filling; formidable; heavy; inactive; incriminating; indolent; inert; irritating; lamenting; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; mighty; obese; oppressing; oppressive; passive; plaintive; plump; powerful; rich; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; squat; stout; tardy; tiresome; tough; tremendous; tricky; wailing; woeful; wretched
pálido dull; matt ashen; bland; blank; crude; dim; drab; drained of colour; faded; faint; feeble; frail; grey; lurid; mat; off colour

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Related Definitions for "dull":

  1. (of business) not active or brisk1
    • business is dull (or slow)1
  2. emitting or reflecting very little light1
    • a dull glow1
    • dull silver badly in need of a polish1
    • a dull sky1
  3. (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted1
    • dull greens and blues1
  4. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity1
    • although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick1
  5. darkened with overcast1
    • a dull sky1
  6. not having a sharp edge or point1
    • the knife was too dull to be of any use1
  7. not keenly felt1
    • a dull throbbing1
    • dull pain1
  8. lacking in liveliness or animation1
    • he was so dull at parties1
    • a dull political campaign1
    • a large dull impassive man1
    • dull days with nothing to do1
    • how dull and dreary the world is1
    • fell back into one of her dull moods1
  9. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness1
    • a dull play1
    • his competent but dull performance1
  10. being or made softer or less loud or clear1
    • the dull boom of distant breaking waves1
  11. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft1
    • the dull thud1
  12. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility1
    • a dull gaze1
    • so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her1
  13. make less lively or vigorous1
    • Middle age dulled her appetite for travel1
  14. become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness1
    • the varnished table top dulled with time1
  15. become less interesting or attractive1
  16. make dull in appearance1
    • Age had dulled the surface1
  17. make dull or blunt1
    • Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge1
  18. make numb or insensitive1
  19. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping1

Wiktionary Translations for dull:

dull
verb
  1. (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull
  2. (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt
  3. (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp
adjective
  1. -
  2. not bright or intelligent
  3. not shiny
  4. boring
  5. lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
dull mortecino; lánguido; desganado; decaído; apático lusteloos — zonder energie, fut om iets te ondernemen
dull aburrido duf — saai, doods
dull aburrido; pesado; tedioso langweilig — eintönig, uninteressant
dull embotado stumpf — nicht scharf (bei Schneidegeräten), infolgedessen es nicht mehr möglich ist zu schneiden
dull turbio; empañado; opaco trüb — unklar, nicht transparent, stark undurchsichtig, fast nicht mehr durchsichtig
dull opaco; apagado; nublado; cubierto; nuboso trüb — nur schwach leuchtend
dull embrutecer abêtirrendre stupide.
dull suavizar adoucir — Rendre doux, tempérer l’âcreté de quelque chose d’aigre, de piquant, de salé.
dull entorpecer engourdirrendre gourd, comme perclus et presque sans mouvement.
dull fastidioso; enojoso; cargante ennuyeux — Qui cause de l’ennui.
dull tedioso fastidieux — Qui causer de l’ennui, qui est insipide.
dull zote; estólido idiotignare, ignorant.
dull triste; mohino; horrible; lúgubre; bronco; brusko; aburrido maussade — D’humeur chagrin ; sombre ; ombrageux ; morose ; renfrogné.
dull embotado; obtuso obtus — biologie|fr Qui est arrondir, émousser au lieu d’être anguleux ou pointu.
dull estúpido; zote; estólido stupide — Qui frapper de stupeur.
dull arromar; despuntar émousser — Traductions à trier suivant le sens