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dullness:

dullness [the ~] nomen

  1. the dullness (stupidity; vapidity)
    die Dummheit; die Stumpfsinnigkeit; die Einfältigkeit; die Geistlosigkeit
  2. the dullness (monotony; uniformity; boredom; )
    die Gleichförmigkeit; die Eintönigkeit; Einerlei
  3. the dullness (listlessness; apathy; tepidness)
    die Apathie; die Unlust; die Lustlosigkeit
  4. the dullness (bleakness; blandness; drabness)
    die Farblosigkeit
  5. the dullness (vapidity)
    die Einfältigkeit; die Geistlosigkeit
  6. the dullness (sallowness; blandness; paleness; wanness)
    die Fahlheit; die Bleiche; die Farblosigkeit
  7. the dullness (greyness; monotony; achromatism; achromaticity)
    die Ödheit; Grau; die Trostlosigkeit
  8. the dullness (will-lessness; inertia)
    die Trägheit; die Schlappheit; die Entschlußlosigkeit; die Antreibsarmut

Translation Matrix for dullness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Antreibsarmut dullness; inertia; will-lessness
Apathie apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness apathy
Bleiche blandness; dullness; paleness; sallowness; wanness
Dummheit dullness; stupidity; vapidity banter; blooper; blunder; enormity; folly; foolishness; idiocy; inconsiderateness; lunacy; madness; nonsense; rashness; silliness; thougtlessness
Einerlei blandness; boredom; drabness; dullness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity
Einfältigkeit dullness; stupidity; vapidity folly; foolishness; idiocy; inanity; lunacy; naïvete; silliness; simplicity; unaffectedness
Eintönigkeit blandness; boredom; drabness; dullness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity
Entschlußlosigkeit dullness; inertia; will-lessness
Fahlheit blandness; dullness; paleness; sallowness; wanness greyness
Farblosigkeit blandness; bleakness; drabness; dullness; paleness; sallowness; wanness paleness
Geistlosigkeit dullness; stupidity; vapidity folly; foolishness; idiocy; inanity; lunacy; naïvete; silliness
Gleichförmigkeit blandness; boredom; drabness; dullness; monotony; paleness; sallowness; sameness; uniformity accord; analogy; communality; community; concord; conscencus; consensus; consensus of opinion; consonance; equality; equivalence; evenness; harmony; homogenety; likeness; monotony; resemblance; similarity; solidarity; unanimity; uniformity; unit; unity
Grau achromaticity; achromatism; dullness; greyness; monotony greyness
Lustlosigkeit apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness
Schlappheit dullness; inertia; will-lessness dejection; depression; feebleness; frailty; indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lethargy; listlessness; malaise; ponderousness; recession; slackness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; slump; tardiness; trivial; unwieldiness; weakness
Stumpfsinnigkeit dullness; stupidity; vapidity
Trostlosigkeit achromaticity; achromatism; dullness; greyness; monotony desolation
Trägheit dullness; inertia; will-lessness idleness; indiference; indolence; inertia; inertness; laziness; lazy; lethargy; listlessness; ponderousness; sloth; slowness; sluggishness; tardiness; unwieldiness
Unlust apathy; dullness; listlessness; tepidness commotion; discontent; discord; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disturbance; riot; unwillingness
Ödheit achromaticity; achromatism; dullness; greyness; monotony
- 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:

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• dullness → Schwerfälligkeit ↔ appesantissement — État d’une personne appesantie, soit de corps, soit d’esprit.

dull:

dull adj

  1. dull (boring; tedious; dreary)
    langweilig; eintönig; fahl; schlafbringend; öde; fade; geisttötend; geistlos; einförmig
  2. dull (boring; dreadful)
    schwerlich; lästig; sauer; schwierig; unangenehm; langweilig; mies; hinderlich; beschwerlich; öde; schwer; problematisch; unbequem; mühsam
  3. dull (boring; dreary; drab)
    langweilig; eintönig; öde; fade; dösig; abgeschmackt
  4. dull (obtuse; stupid; dense)
    blöd; dumm; stumpfsinnig; stumpf; doof; geistlos; dämlich; dusselig; ätzend; geisttötend; simpel
  5. dull (boring; deadening)
    blöd; langweilig; doof; dumm; stumpfsinnig; geisttötend; geistlos
  6. dull (mat; misty; frosted)
    beschlagen; matt; grau; stumpf; trüb; dumpf; trübe; farblos; mattiert; glanzlos
  7. dull
    matt; dumpfig; stumpf; schwach; grau; hohl; blind; schlapp; schlaff; flau; beschlagen; farblos; glanzlos; nicht hell
  8. dull (fusty)
    muffig; dumpf; moderig; schal; stockig
  9. dull (drowsy; muzzy; soporific; )
    betäubt; stumpfsinnig; dösig; duselig
  10. dull (out of focus; blurred; blunt)
    unscharf; verschwommen
  11. dull (weary; languid; tired; frosted)
    – lacking in liveliness or animation 1
    kühl; zurückhaltend; abständlich
  12. dull (matt)
    matt; bleich; farblos
  13. dull (boring)
    langweilige
  14. dull (tedious; boring; mindless)
    langweilig; nicht abgelenkt; fade; öde; geistlos; geisttötend
  15. dull (dreary; gloomy; sad; )
    trostlos; mismutig
  16. dull (without style; feeble; tasteless; )
    geschmacklos; stillos; keine Stil haben
  17. dull (refractory; tenacious; obstinate; )
    eigenwillig; störrisch; widerspenstig; dickköpfig; eigensinnig; starrköpfig; starrsinnig
  18. dull (saltless; flat; unsavoury; tasteless; unsavory)
    fade; flau; salzlos
  19. dull (unanimated; lifeless)
    leblos; uninteressiert; unanimiert
  20. dull (faded red)
    hellrot; fahlrot

Translation Matrix for dull:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- benumb; blunt; damp; dampen; muffle; mute; numb; pall; tone down
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
schwer at large extent; big; enormous; great; tall; vast
- boring; deadening; dense; dim; dumb; ho-hum; irksome; leaden; muffled; muted; obtuse; slow; sluggish; softened; tedious; thudding; tiresome; wearisome
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- burnt out; depressed; extinct; gloomy; hollow; inane; lifeless; make apathetic; muffled; slack; sullen; vacuous
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abgeschmackt boring; drab; dreary; dull
abständlich dull; frosted; languid; tired; weary
beschlagen dull; frosted; mat; misty damp; liquid; moist; wet; wettish
beschwerlich boring; dreadful; dull aggravating; annoying; critical; delicate; exasperating; incriminating; irritating; perilous; precarious; tiresome; touchy; tough; tricky
betäubt dopey; dozy; drowsy; dull; mindless; muzzy; sleepy; soporific; staggered; stupefied dazed; dozy; drowsy; fuzzy; intoxicated; numb; sleepy; soporific; stunned; stupefied; under the influence
bleich dull; matt ash grey; ashen; blank; drained of colour; grubby; off colour; pale; pallid; plain; unmarked; washed out; white
blind dull being unable to see; blind; unable to see
blöd boring; deadening; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
dickköpfig 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; dogged; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; mulish; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; thick-headed; unbending; unrelenting; unyielding; wayward; wilful; willful
doof boring; deadening; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid arrogant; boorish; ill-bred; impudent; insolent; overbearing; presumptuous; rude; rustic; shameless; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly
dumm boring; deadening; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid as dumb as an ox; as thick as an brick; backward; boorish; easily; easy; effortless; flabbergasted; foolish; ill-bred; irrational; mentally retarded; not difficult; not hard; rude; senseless; simple; speechless; stupid; tongue-tied; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly
dumpf dull; frosted; fusty; mat; misty banal; below the belt; close; coarse; dozy; drab; drowsy; faint; fuzzy; grey; gross; mat; muggy; musty; nasty; rotten; shabby; sleepy; soporific; stale; stifling; stuffy; subdued; sultry; sweltering; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; vapid; vulgar
dumpfig dull banal; below the belt; coarse; dozy; drab; drowsy; faint; fuzzy; grey; gross; mat; nasty; rotten; shabby; sleepy; soporific; subdued; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; vapid; vulgar
duselig dopey; dozy; drowsy; dull; mindless; muzzy; sleepy; soporific; staggered; stupefied boozed; dazed; dozy; drowsy; fuzzy; half drunk; inebriated; intoxicated; numb; sleepy; soporific; stunned; stupefied; tipsy; under the influence
dusselig dense; dull; obtuse; stupid day-dreaming; dreamy
dämlich dense; dull; obtuse; stupid crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; senseless; sheepish; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
dösig boring; dopey; dozy; drab; dreary; drowsy; dull; mindless; muzzy; sleepy; soporific; staggered; stupefied dozy; drowsy; fuzzy; sleepy; soporific
eigensinnig 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; awkward; dogged; headstrong; immovable; independent; inflexible; mulish; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; unrelenting; unyielding; wayward; wilful; willful
eigenwillig 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; unrelenting; unyielding
einförmig boring; dreary; dull; tedious identical; uniform
eintönig boring; drab; dreary; dull; tedious
fade boring; drab; dreary; dull; flat; mindless; saltless; tasteless; tedious; unsavory; unsavoury corny; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
fahl boring; dreary; dull; tedious ash grey; ashen; bland; blurred; dim; faded; faint; grubby; hazy; lurid; misty; off colour; pale; sallow; unclear; undefinable; vague; washed out
fahlrot dull; faded red light-red; pale-red
farblos dull; frosted; mat; matt; misty ash grey; ashen; bland; clear; colorless; colourless; dim; drab; faded; faint; grey; grubby; lurid; mat; pale; sallow; washed out; weathered
flau dull; flat; saltless; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury abject; abstemious; bland; blurred; clumsy; cowardly; craven; cringing; dawdling; delicate; dim; doltish; drab; dragging; drooping; faint; fragile; frail; gawky; grey; hazy; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; mat; misty; not very good; owlish; passive; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; saltless; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; stiff; tardy; tasteless; tender; unclear; undefinable; uneasy; unhandy; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; vulnerable; wobbly; wonky; wooden
geistlos boring; deadening; dense; dreary; dull; mindless; obtuse; stupid; tedious blank; dead; deceased; easily; easy; effortless; empty; lifeless; not difficult; not hard; passed away; simple; spiritless
geisttötend boring; deadening; dense; dreary; dull; mindless; obtuse; stupid; tedious
geschmacklos bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style abject; bland; corny; cowardly; craven; cringing; dim; faint; kitschy; saltless; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
glanzlos dull; frosted; mat; misty bland; colorless; colourless; dim; drab; dusted; faded; faint; frosted; grey; lurid; mat; matted; pale; powdered; sallow; washed out
grau dull; frosted; mat; misty ash grey; ashen; drab; grey; grubby; mat
hellrot dull; faded red light-red; pale-red
hinderlich boring; dreadful; dull aggravating; annoying; bothersome; critical; delicate; hindrance-causing; inconvenient; perilous; precarious; touchy; troublesome
hohl dull blank; bowed; concave; curved; empty; hollow; idle; meaningless; poor
keine Stil haben bland; corny; dull; feeble; silly; tasteless; vapid; without style
kühl dull; frosted; languid; tired; weary airy; bleak; chilli; chilly; clammy; cold; cold and damp; coldly; cool; coolly; fresh; little fresh
langweilig boring; deadening; drab; dreadful; dreary; dull; mindless; tedious
langweilige boring; dull
leblos dull; lifeless; unanimated dead; deceased; lifeless; passed away; spiritless
lästig boring; dreadful; dull abstemious; aggravating; annoying; awkward; bothersome; clumsy; critical; delicate; disagreeable; doltish; embarrassed; gawky; hindrance-causing; ill-at-ease; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; incriminating; not very good; owlish; perilous; poor; precarious; stiff; touchy; tough; tricky; troublesome; uncomfortable; uneasy; unfit; unhandy; unpleasant; unsuitable; unwelcome; wooden
matt dull; frosted; mat; matt; misty bland; dawdling; dim; dragging; drained; drooping; dully; dusted; faded; faint; feeble; flat; frail; frosted; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; languishing; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; lurid; matted; pale; passive; powdered; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sallow; shuffling; sick; sickly; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy; wan; washed out; weak; wobbly; wonky
mattiert dull; frosted; mat; misty dusted; frosted; matted; powdered
mies boring; dreadful; dull bad; bogus; dubious; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; grimy; low; mean; nasty; not genuine; not high; obscure; pedestrian; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; sham; shifty; sinister; slimy; stingy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable; vile
mismutig cheerless; drab; dreary; dull; gloomy; grey; joyless; sad
moderig dull; fusty
muffig dull; fusty
mühsam boring; dreadful; dull exhausting; tiring
nicht abgelenkt boring; dull; mindless; tedious
nicht hell dull
problematisch boring; dreadful; dull critical; difficult; hard; problematic; problematical; trying
salzlos dull; flat; saltless; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury
sauer boring; dreadful; dull aggravating; aloud; angry; annoying; bitter; blazing; cross; discontented; disgruntled; displeased; dissatisfied; enraged; exasperating; fiery; furious; glaring; incensed; indignant; irritating; out loud; put out; sharp; sourish; tasting sourishly; tiresome; venomous; vicious; virulent; vitriolic; wicked; wrathful
schal dull; fusty attenuated; banal; barren; below the belt; bland; coarse; diluted; dim; faded; faint; flat; gross; liquid; lurid; nasty; pale; poor; rotten; sallow; shabby; stale; tasteless; trite; trivial; unfruitful; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar

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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
adjective
  1. ohne Glanz
  2. von geringer Farbintensität
  3. (umgangssprachlich) ohne Abwechslung
  4. eintönig, uninteressant
  5. landschaftlich: fade, uninteressant
  6. nicht scharf (bei Schneidegeräten), infolgedessen es nicht mehr möglich ist zu schneiden
  7. so, dass es wenige Reize ausübt; langweilig, öde, karg
  8. unklar, nicht transparent, stark undurchsichtig, fast nicht mehr durchsichtig
  9. nur schwach leuchtend
  10. frei von Anregungen oder interessanten Inhalten
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• dull → langweilig ↔ duf — saai, doods
• dull → vertieren; zum Tier machen ↔ abêtir — rendre stupide.
• dull → abstumpfen; stumpf machen; dämpfen ↔ adoucir — Rendre doux, tempérer l’âcreté de quelque chose d’aigre, de piquant, de salé.
• dull → abstumpfen; stumpf machen; dämpfen; mildern ↔ engourdir — rendre gourd, comme perclus et presque sans mouvement.
• dull → überdrüssig; verdrießlich ↔ ennuyeux — Qui cause de l’ennui.
• dull → albern; dumm ↔ idiot — ignare, ignorant.
• dull → düster; schlechtgelaunt; widerwärtig; unangenehm; brummig; unwirsch; unfreundlich; langweilig; öde ↔ maussade — D’humeur chagrin ; sombre ; ombrageux ; morose ; renfrogné.
• dull → stumpf ↔ obtus — biologie|fr Qui est arrondir, émousser au lieu d’être anguleux ou pointu.
• dull → stumpf ↔ sourd — Qui est peu sonore
• dull → albern; dumm; idiotisch; blödsinnig ↔ stupide — Qui frapper de stupeur.
• dull → abstumpfen; stumpf machen; dämpfen; mildern ↔ émousser — Traductions à trier suivant le sens

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