dullness
Roget-categorie 843
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections
#843.
Dullness
zelfstandig naamwoord
dullness,
heaviness,
flatness —
infestivity†
etc.
837,
stupidity
etc.
499 —
want of originality —
dearth of ideas.
prose,
matter of fact —
heavy book,
conte a dormir debout [Fr.] —
platitude.
werkwoord
be dull
etc.
adj. —
prose,
take au serieux [Fr.],
be caught napping.
render dull
etc.
adj. —
damp,
depress,
throw cold water on,
lay a wet blanket on —
fall flat upon the ear.
no joke,
serious matter
(importance)
642.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
dull,
dull as ditch water —
unentertaining,
uninteresting,
flat,
dry as dust —
unfunny,
unlively†,
logy [U.S.] —
unimaginative —
insulse† —
dry as dust —
prosy,
prosing,
prosaic —
matter of fact,
commonplace,
pedestrian,
pointless —
weary stale flat and unprofitable"
[Hamlet].
stupid,
slow,
flat,
insipid,
vapid,
humdrum,
monotonous —
melancholic
etc.
837 —
stolid
etc.
499 —
plodding.
boring,
tiresome,
tedious
etc.
841.
uitdrukking
davus sum non Aedipus† —
deadly dull and boring,
DDB.
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