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dullness:

dullness [the ~] noun

  1. the dullness (stupidity; vapidity)
    l'insipidité; la bêtise; la nullité; la stupidité
  2. the dullness (monotony; uniformity; boredom; )
    la monotonie; la grisaille
  3. the dullness (listlessness; apathy; tepidness)
    l'indifférence; l'apathie; l'indigence; l'indolence
  4. the dullness (bleakness; blandness; drabness)
    la tristesse; l'ennui; la morosité; la pâleur; la monotonie; l'uniformité; la lividité; le manque de couleur; l'absence de couleur
  5. the dullness (vapidity)
    la fadeur; l'insipidité
  6. the dullness (sallowness; blandness; paleness; wanness)
    la fadeur; la lividité
  7. the dullness (greyness; monotony; achromatism; achromaticity)
    la grisaille; la pâleur; le manque de couleur
  8. the dullness (will-lessness; inertia)
    l'inertie; l'apathie; le manque de volonté

Translation Matrix for dullness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
absence de couleur blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness paleness
apathie apathy; dullness; inertia; listlessness; tepidness; will-lessness apathy; indolence; inertia; inertness; lack of energy; languor; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness
bêtise dullness; stupidity; vapidity absurdity; banter; folly; foolishness; fun; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; incongruity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; paradox; pleasure; shenanigan; silliness; silly joke; silly trick
ennui blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness boredom; difficulty; distress; grief; nuisance; sorrow; weariness
fadeur blandness; dullness; paleness; sallowness; vapidity; wanness blandness; saltlessness; tastelessness; weakness
grisaille achromaticity; achromatism; blandness; boredom; drabness; dullness; greyness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity dejection; depression; greyness; melancholy
indifférence apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness callousness; indiference; indifference; indolence; insensibility; insensitivity; numbness
indigence apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness adversity; crisis; destitution; disaster; emergency situation; indigentness; necessity; need; neediness; of limited means; poorness; state of emergency
indolence apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness apathy; idleness; indiference; indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lazy; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness
inertie dullness; inertia; will-lessness indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; lifelessness; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness
insipidité dullness; stupidity; vapidity saltlessness; unfunny joke; unfunny prank
lividité blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness; paleness; sallowness; wanness deathly pallor; fadedness; livid colour; lividity; paleness; washiness
manque de couleur achromaticity; achromatism; blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness; greyness; monotony paleness
manque de volonté dullness; inertia; will-lessness
monotonie blandness; bleakness; boredom; drabness; dullness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity
morosité blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; despair; desperation; despondency; gloom; melancholy; moodiness; somberness; sombreness
nullité dullness; stupidity; vapidity dumbo; fool; idiot; invalidity; nullity; numbskull; rattle-brain; silly joke; silly man; simple mind; simpleton
pâleur achromaticity; achromatism; blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness; greyness; monotony fadedness; paleness; washiness
stupidité dullness; stupidity; vapidity childishness; folly; foolishness; fun; gibberish; high jinks; hilarity; idiocy; joking; joy; joyfulness; lunacy; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; pleasure; silliness
tristesse blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness alarm; annoyance; anxiety; chagrin; concern; dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; desolation; despair; desperation; despondency; distress; gloom; grief; melancholy; misery; misfortune; mournfulness; pitifulness; regret; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow; squalor; trouble; uneasiness; vexation; wistfulness; worry
uniformité blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness analogy; equality; equivalence; evenness; homogenety; likeness; monotony; oneness; proper proportion; similarity; uniformity; unit; unity
- 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

Wiktionary Translations for dullness:

dullness
noun
  1. État d’une personne appesantie, soit de corps, soit d’esprit.

dullness form of dull:

dull adj

  1. dull (boring; tedious; dreary)
    ennuyeux; monotone; ennuyant; morne; assommant; ennuyeusement; de manière monotone; de manière ennuyeuse
  2. dull (boring; dreadful)
    ennuyeux; désagréable
  3. dull (boring; dreary; drab)
    ennuyeux; monotone; ennuyant; ennuyeusement; lassant; de manière monotone; de manière ennuyeuse
  4. dull (obtuse; stupid; dense)
    stupide; état obtus
  5. dull (boring; deadening)
    ennuyeux; embêtant; fade; sans esprit; monotone; terne; abrutissant; mortel; insipide
  6. dull (mat; misty; frosted)
    mat; terne; sans éclat
  7. dull
    mat; blême; vague; terne
  8. dull (fusty)
    hébété; fade
  9. dull (drowsy; muzzy; soporific; )
    abruti; terne; étourdi; hébété
  10. dull (out of focus; blurred; blunt)
    flou
  11. dull (weary; languid; tired; frosted)
    – lacking in liveliness or animation 1
    éteint; bébête; sans souffle; voilé; sans inspiration; terne
  12. dull (matt)
    mat; terne
  13. dull (boring)
    ennuyeux
  14. dull (tedious; boring; mindless)
    ennuyeux; monotone; languissamment; fastidieux; lassant; fastidieusement; ennuyeusement
  15. dull (dreary; gloomy; sad; )
    tristement; peu attrayant; mélancolique; lâchement; triste; morne; découragé; ténébreux; désolant; sans joie; abattu; morose; déprimé; peu aimable; lâche; sombre; gris; terne; maussade; blême; pessimiste; grisâtre; affligé; peu intime
  16. dull (without style; feeble; tasteless; )
    fade; sans goût; sans style; insipide; de mauvais goût
  17. dull (refractory; tenacious; obstinate; )
    insoumis; insubordonné; rebelle; récalcitrant
  18. dull (saltless; flat; unsavoury; tasteless; unsavory)
    fade; sans sel
  19. dull (unanimated; lifeless)
    mat; terne; maussade; sans animation
  20. dull (faded red)
    rose; fauve; rouge sale

Translation Matrix for dull:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abruti Simple Simon; birdbrain; blockhead; dimwit; duffer; dunce; fat head; fathead; feather head; fool; idiot; idler; layabout; loafer; lounger; meathead; nerd; nincompoop; ninny; nitwit; numbskull; numskull; oaf; rattle brain; rattle-brain; simpleton; skulker; slacker; sluggard; stupid; twerp
lâche chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie
mortel being; human being; individual; mortal; person
mélancolique melancholic
pessimiste brooder; pessimist; puzzle-head; worrier; worrywart
rebelle agitator; insurgent; mutineer; rebel; revolter; revolutionary; rioter
rose little rose; rose; rosette
récalcitrant recalcitrant; refuser
vague breaker; darkness; obscurity; undulation; vagueness; wave; waves; waving
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- benumb; blunt; damp; dampen; muffle; mute; numb; pall; tone down
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- boring; deadening; dense; dim; dumb; ho-hum; irksome; leaden; muffled; muted; obtuse; slow; sluggish; softened; tedious; thudding; tiresome; wearisome
Not SpecifiedRelated TranslationsOther Translations
flou blur
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- burnt out; depressed; extinct; gloomy; hollow; inane; lifeless; make apathetic; muffled; slack; sullen; vacuous
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abattu cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad clowdy; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; executed; gloomy; low spirited; pessimistic; shot
abruti dopey; dozy; drowsy; dull; mindless; muzzy; sleepy; soporific; staggered; stupefied dazed; dozy; drowsy; fuzzy; numb; sleepy; soporific; stunned; stupefied
abrutissant boring; deadening; dull
affligé cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad clowdy; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; distressed; eccentric; exceptional; extremely; full of worries; gloomy; greatly; highly; low spirited; particular; pessimistic; sad; special; ultra; very sad
assommant boring; dreary; dull; tedious awkward; boring; burdensome; deadly dull; difficult; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; tough
blême cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad ash grey; ashen; baggy; bland; blank; churlish; clear; colorless; colourless; crude; dim; dowdy; drab; drained of colour; faded; faint; grey; grubby; lurid; malicious; mat; off colour; pale; pallid; plain; sallow; shoddy; slatternly; sloppy; slovenly; unfinished; unvarnished; washed out; white; white as a sheet
bébête dull; frosted; languid; tired; weary owlish
de manière ennuyeuse boring; drab; dreary; dull; tedious
de manière monotone boring; drab; dreary; dull; tedious
de mauvais goût bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
découragé cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad clowdy; dejected; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; gloomy; low spirited; pessimistic
déprimé cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad clowdy; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; gloomy; low spirited; pessimistic
désagréable boring; dreadful; dull aggravating; annoying; antipathetic; awkward; bothersome; delicate; disagreeable; distasteful; exacting; ill at ease; ill-timed; impolite; incompetent; inconvenient; indigestible; shocking; sourish; tasting sourishly; troublesome; ugly; unattractive; uncivil; uneasy; unfit; unfriendly; unkind; unpalatable; unpleasant; unsavory; unsavoury; unsuitable; untrue; unwelcome
désolant cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad cheerless; dismal; miserable; naseaus; nasty; nauseous; rotten; sick; sickly; uninviting; wretched
embêtant boring; deadening; dull aggravating; annoying; exasperating; irritating; tiresome
ennuyant boring; drab; dreary; dull; tedious aggravating; annoying; exasperating; irritating; tiresome
ennuyeusement boring; drab; dreary; dull; mindless; tedious aggravating; annoying; exasperating; irritating; tiresome
ennuyeux boring; deadening; drab; dreadful; dreary; dull; mindless; tedious aggravating; annoying; bothersome; corny; exasperating; inconvenient; irritating; tiresome; troublesome
fade bland; boring; corny; deadening; dull; feeble; flat; fusty; saltless; silly; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; without style abject; bland; cowardly; craven; cringing; dim; faint; feeble; flat; frail; pale; saltless; sick; stale; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury; wan; weak
fastidieusement boring; dull; mindless; tedious
fastidieux boring; dull; mindless; tedious labor-intensive; labour-intensive
fauve dull; faded red fawn-colored; fawn-coloured
flou blunt; blurred; dull; out of focus blurred; dim; faint; filmy; foggy; hazy; hushed; in an undertone; misty; muffled; muzzy; out of focus; subdued; unclear; undefinable; vague; vaguely
gris cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad as tight as a drum; ash grey; ashen; baggy; blind drunk; boozed; churlish; clear; colorless; colourless; completely drunk; dead drunk; dirty grey; dowdy; drab; drunk; drunken; grey; grey-headed; grubby; half drunk; inebriated; intoxicated; loaded; malicious; mat; mopish; pale; pissed; rainy; semi drunk; shoddy; slatternly; sloppy; slovenly; soaked; thoroughly plastered; tight; tipsy
grisâtre cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad ash grey; ashen; baggy; churlish; deadly pale; dirty grey; dowdy; drab; grey; greyish; grubby; malicious; mat; shoddy; slatternly; sloppy; slovenly
hébété dopey; dozy; drowsy; dull; fusty; mindless; muzzy; sleepy; soporific; staggered; stupefied absent; amazed; astonished; blank; dozy; drowsy; dumb; flabbergasted; fuzzy; inarticulate; sleepy; soporific; speechless; staggered; stupefied; thoughtless; unthinking
insipide bland; boring; corny; deadening; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style abject; bland; cowardly; craven; cringing; dim; faint; feeble; flat; forbidding; frail; pale; repelling; repulsive; revolting; saltless; sick; stale; tasteless; unappetising; unappetizing; unsavory; unsavoury; wan; weak
insoumis boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous against the grain; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending
insubordonné boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unrelenting; unyielding; viscous
languissamment boring; dull; mindless; tedious
lassant boring; drab; dreary; dull; mindless; tedious
lâche cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad abstemious; bad; clumsy; doltish; faint; feeble; frail; gawky; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; sick; slackly; stiff; uneasy; ungenerously; unhandy; wan; weak; wooden
lâchement cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad
mat dull; frosted; lifeless; mat; matt; misty; unanimated drab; dusted; flabbergasted; frosted; grey; mat; matted; powdered; speechless; tasteless; tongue-tied; unsavory; unsavoury
maussade cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; lifeless; sad; unanimated bad tempered; bad-tempered; cantankerous; cheerless; clowdy; complaining; crabbed; cross; crusty; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; gloomy; gruff; grumbling; grumpy; joyless; lamenting; low spirited; moody; mopish; nagging; peevish; pensive; pessimistic; rainy; rigid; sad; somber; sombre; stiff; sulky; sullen; surly; triste; wailing; wistful
monotone boring; deadening; drab; dreary; dull; mindless; tedious
morne boring; cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad; tedious cheerless; clowdy; colorless; colourless; deathlike; deathly; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dismal; dispirited; gloomy; joyless; low spirited; melancholic; miserable; moody; naseaus; nasty; nauseous; nostalgic; pensive; pessimistic; rotten; sad; sick; sickly; somber; sombre; triste; uninviting; wistful; wretched
morose cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad cheerless; clowdy; cross; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dismal; dispirited; distressed; full of worries; gloomy; joyless; low spirited; melancholic; miserable; moody; naseaus; nasty; nauseous; nostalgic; peevish; pensive; pessimistic; rotten; sad; sick; sickly; somber; sombre; triste; uninviting; wistful; wretched
mortel boring; deadening; dull fatally; mortal
mélancolique cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad full of worries; melancholic; melancholy; morbid; nasty; nauseous; nostalgic; pensive; pessimistic; sad; sick; sickly; splenetic; wistful
pessimiste cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad brooding; clowdy; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; discouraged; disheartened; dispirited; fretting; gloomy; low spirited; pessimistic; worrisome; worrying
peu aimable cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad impolite; ugly; unattractive; uncivil; unfriendly; unkind; unpleasant
peu attrayant cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad cheerless; ugly; unattractive; uninviting
peu intime cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad cheerless; uninviting
rebelle boring; cross-grained; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; stern; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly

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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. not bright or intelligent
  2. not shiny
  3. boring
  4. lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp
dull
verb
  1. rendre stupide.
  2. Rendre doux, tempérer l’âcreté de quelque chose d’aigre, de piquant, de salé.
  3. rendre gourd, comme perclus et presque sans mouvement.
  4. Traductions à trier suivant le sens
adjective
  1. Qui cause de l’ennui.
  2. Qui causer de l’ennui, qui est insipide.
  3. ignare, ignorant.
  4. D’humeur chagrin ; sombre ; ombrageux ; morose ; renfrogné.
  5. Traductions à trier…
  6. biologie|fr Qui est arrondir, émousser au lieu d’être anguleux ou pointu.
  7. Qui est peu sonore
  8. (Arts) Qualifie les tons qui manquent d’éclat
  9. Qui frapper de stupeur.
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• dull → apathique ↔ lusteloos — zonder energie, fut om iets te ondernemen
• dull → barbant; ennuyeux ↔ duf — saai, doods
• dull → ennuyeux; ennuyeuse ↔ langweilig — eintönig, uninteressant
• dull → émoussé ↔ stumpf — nicht scharf (bei Schneidegeräten), infolgedessen es nicht mehr möglich ist zu schneiden
• dull → triste ↔ trist — so, dass es wenige Reize ausübt; langweilig, öde, karg
• dull → trouble ↔ trüb — unklar, nicht transparent, stark undurchsichtig, fast nicht mehr durchsichtig







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