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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullard"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dull as dishwater"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dull as ditchwater"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullery"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dull fish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullhead"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dull-headed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dull-minded"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullsome"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullsville"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dullwit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dull-witted"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dully"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fordull"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "never a dull moment"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "semidull"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "too much bed makes a dull head"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "undull"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "dull"
},
"expansion": "Middle English dull",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "dol",
"t": "dull, foolish, erring, heretical; foolish, silly; presumptuous"
},
"expansion": "Old English dol (“dull, foolish, erring, heretical; foolish, silly; presumptuous”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*dol"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dol",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*dulaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *dulaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰwel-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "dull"
},
"expansion": "Scots dull",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "dol",
"3": "",
"4": "rash, unthinking, giddy, flippant"
},
"expansion": "North Frisian dol (“rash, unthinking, giddy, flippant”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dol",
"3": "",
"4": "crazy, mad, insane"
},
"expansion": "Dutch dol (“crazy, mad, insane”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "dul"
},
"expansion": "Low German dul",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "toll",
"3": "",
"4": "crazy, mad, wild, fantastic"
},
"expansion": "German toll (“crazy, mad, wild, fantastic”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "dval",
"3": "",
"4": "foolish, absurd"
},
"expansion": "Danish dval (“foolish, absurd”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "dulur",
"3": "",
"4": "secretive, silent"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic dulur (“secretive, silent”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English dull, dul (also dyll, dill, dwal), from Old English dol (“dull, foolish, erring, heretical; foolish, silly; presumptuous”), from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz, from earlier *dwulaz, a variant of *dwalaz (“stunned, mad, foolish, misled”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-, *dʰewel- (“to dim, dull, cloud, make obscure, swirl, whirl”).\nCognate with Scots dull, doll (“slow to understand or hear, deaf, dull”), North Frisian dol (“rash, unthinking, giddy, flippant”), Dutch dol (“crazy, mad, insane”), Low German dul, dol (“mad, silly, stupid, fatuous”), German toll (“crazy, mad, wild, fantastic”), Danish dval (“foolish, absurd”), Icelandic dulur (“secretive, silent”), West-Flemish dul (angry, furious).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "duller",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "dullest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "dull (comparative duller, superlative dullest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "sharp"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 11 9 7 3 5 3 8 2 9 7 3 4 12 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "All these knives are dull.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp."
],
"id": "en-dull-en-adj-COhsn6V8",
"links": [
[
"cut",
"cut"
],
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ace",
"lang": "Acehnese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tumpoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kalīl",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "كَلِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "butʻ",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "բութ"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "küt"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tupý",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тупы́"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎp",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тъп"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "tum:",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "တုံး"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rom"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esmussat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "鈍"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dùn",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "钝"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupý"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "sløv"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "bot"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "stomp"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "noška",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ношка"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "malakra"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tylsä"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "émoussé"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "boto"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "zocho"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "mocho"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "esnafrado"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "blagvi",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ბლაგვი"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaulesavi",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "გაულესავი"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "stumpf"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "amvlýs",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "αμβλύς"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "amblús",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ἀμβλύς"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kehe",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "קֵהֶה"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tompa"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "obtuza"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tumpul"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tyltsä"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "nyrhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tylppä"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "obtuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "spuntato"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "smussato"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"alt": "にぶい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nibui",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "鈍い"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tãpi"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mudida",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "무디다"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kul",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "کول"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "naoss"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "hebes"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "retūsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "truls"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "neass"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "stompeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tap",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тап"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "pūhuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "pūhoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "noška",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ношка"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "doo deení da"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "sløv"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "sløv"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "slø"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tępy"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "cego"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "embotado"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "puni"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tocit"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "bont"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tupój",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тупо́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ту̑п"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "tȗp"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupý"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "top"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupy"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupy"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "romo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "desafilado"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "embotado"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "mentud"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "oskarp"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "slö"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "mapurol"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tʉ̂ʉ",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ทื่อ"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "kör"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tupýj",
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"word": "тупи́й"
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"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "cùn"
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{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "cùi"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
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"word": "diswijhî"
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"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3",
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "bot"
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]
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"text": "He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.",
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},
{
"ref": "1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water:",
"text": "\"You are very dull this morning, Sheriff,\" said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.",
"type": "quote"
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"Boring; not exciting or interesting."
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[
"Boring",
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"exciting",
"exciting"
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"interesting",
"interesting"
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"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "hy",
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"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ձանձրալի"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "skúčen",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ску́чен"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "insuls"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fat"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "無聊"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "wúliáo",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "无聊"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fádní"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "kedelig"
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{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "enuiga"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "saai"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "keðiligur"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "tylsä"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "vaisu"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "pitkäveteinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ikävystyttävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ennuyeux"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "barbant"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "eslamiado"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eslamiada"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anódino"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "anódina"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fad"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "langweilig"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "varetós",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "βαρετός"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mountós",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "μουντός"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meshaámem",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "מְשַׁעֲמֵם"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "noioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "soporifero"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "tedioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "monotono"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"alt": "たいくつな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taikutsu na",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "退屈な"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsumaranai",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "つまらない"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fad"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "lb",
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"word": "langweileg"
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{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "mākihakiha"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "takeo"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "hihikokore"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "kjedelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "nudny"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "entediante"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chato"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enfadonho"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "maçante"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "sem graça"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "banal"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "plictisitor"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skúčnyj",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ску́чный"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "dolgočásen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "aburrido"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "soso"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "insípido"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "insulso"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desabrido"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "sin gracia"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "tråkig"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 32 11 10 1 4 1 7 2 13 9",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "sıkıcı"
}
]
},
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{
"word": "bright"
}
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{
"_dis": "6 6 14 7 3 6 4 8 4 9 6 4 5 15 5",
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{
"text": "Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror"
},
{
"ref": "1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:",
"text": "A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness."
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[
"matte",
"matte"
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[
"luster",
"luster"
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{
"word": "lackluster"
},
{
"word": "matte"
},
{
"word": "dim"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "matov",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "матов"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "et",
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"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "tuhm"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "himmeä"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "terne"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mḳrtali",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "მკრთალი"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mkrkali",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "მქრქალი"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "stumpf"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mountós",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "μουντός"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "faiós",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "φαιός"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "neamhlonrach"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "modartha"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "opaco"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "blāvs"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "nespodrs"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "blatzeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of colours",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "waimeha"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of colour",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "horotea"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "pīatakore"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mōhanihani"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matowy"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "fosco"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "fusco"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "túsklyj",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "ту́склый"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mátovyj",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "ма́товый"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "śamny"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "opaco"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 10 49 11 0 0 1 1 0 10 10",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "not shiny",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mat"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "intelligent"
}
],
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:",
"text": "She is not bred so dull but she can learn.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
"text": "dull at classical learning",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
"text": "She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding."
],
"id": "en-dull-en-adj-CLX~LT6X",
"links": [
[
"bright",
"bright"
],
[
"intelligent",
"intelligent"
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"_dis1": "6 7 9 55 2 2 3 0 1 8 7",
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
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"_dis1": "6 7 9 55 2 2 3 0 1 8 7",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "dum"
},
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
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},
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
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},
{
"_dis1": "6 7 9 55 2 2 3 0 1 8 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "fátuo"
},
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"_dis1": "6 7 9 55 2 2 3 0 1 8 7",
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "imbecil"
},
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"_dis1": "6 7 9 55 2 2 3 0 1 8 7",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "idiota"
},
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},
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
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},
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},
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"word": "obtuso"
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"word": "corto"
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"_dis1": "6 7 9 55 2 2 3 0 1 8 7",
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"word": "trög"
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"_dis1": "6 7 9 55 2 2 3 0 1 8 7",
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
"text": "O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue.",
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{
"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.",
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"_dis1": "1 8 5 11 57 6 1 5 3 3 1",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sluggish, listless, vapid, insipid",
"word": "kankea"
},
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"word": "kömpelö"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "sluggish, listless, vapid, insipid",
"word": "ponneton"
},
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"_dis1": "1 8 5 11 57 6 1 5 3 3 1",
"code": "mi",
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"word": "takurutu"
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"text": "I felt dull all day.",
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}
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[
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 3 3 0 2 82 0 3 1 2",
"code": "ca",
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"word": "ennuvolat"
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{
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"word": "pilvinen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
"word": "synkkä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 3 3 0 2 82 0 3 1 2",
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"word": "modartha"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 3 3 0 2 82 0 3 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
"word": "fosco"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 3 3 0 2 82 0 3 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
"word": "nuvoloso"
},
{
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"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
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"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
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},
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"_dis1": "2 1 3 3 0 2 82 0 3 1 2",
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"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 3 3 0 2 82 0 3 1 2",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
"word": "kōruru"
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 3 3 0 2 82 0 3 1 2",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
"word": "nublado"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cloudy, overcast",
"word": "cubierto"
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{
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{
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"ref": "1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:",
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],
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"_dis1": "1 0 2 2 2 0 0 86 1 4 2",
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"word": "tunteeton"
},
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"_dis1": "1 0 2 2 2 0 0 86 1 4 2",
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}
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"ref": "c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:",
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{
"text": "c. 1857', Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Table-Talk\nAs turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain."
}
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},
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},
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"1": "frr",
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"3": "",
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},
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},
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"2": "dol",
"3": "",
"4": "crazy, mad, insane"
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},
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"2": "dul"
},
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},
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"args": {
"1": "de",
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"3": "",
"4": "crazy, mad, wild, fantastic"
},
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},
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"1": "da",
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"3": "",
"4": "foolish, absurd"
},
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},
{
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"1": "is",
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"3": "",
"4": "secretive, silent"
},
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}
],
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"ref": "1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:",
"text": "dull at classical learning",
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},
{
"ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
"text": "She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’",
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:xiii:",
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"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
"text": "O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.",
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"text": "c. 1857', Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Table-Talk\nAs turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain."
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"code": "ace",
"lang": "Acehnese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tumpoi"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "kalīl",
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"word": "كَلِيل"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
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"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "բութ"
},
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"code": "az",
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"word": "küt"
},
{
"code": "be",
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"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тупы́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "tǎp",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тъп"
},
{
"code": "my",
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"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "တုံး"
},
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"code": "ca",
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"masculine"
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"word": "esmussat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "鈍"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dùn",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "钝"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "sløv"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "bot"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "stomp"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "noška",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ношка"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "malakra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tylsä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "émoussé"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "boto"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "zocho"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "mocho"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "esnafrado"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "blagvi",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ბლაგვი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaulesavi",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "გაულესავი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "stumpf"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "amvlýs",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "αμβλύς"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "amblús",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ἀμβλύς"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kehe",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "קֵהֶה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tompa"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "obtuza"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tumpul"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tyltsä"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "nyrhi"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tylppä"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "obtuse"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "spuntato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "smussato"
},
{
"alt": "にぶい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nibui",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "鈍い"
},
{
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tãpi"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mudida",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "무디다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "kul",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "کول"
},
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"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "naoss"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "hebes"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "retūsus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "truls"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "neass"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "stompeg"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tap",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тап"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "pūhuki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "pūhoi"
},
{
"code": "mdf",
"lang": "Moksha",
"roman": "noška",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ношка"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "doo deení da"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "sløv"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "sløv"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "slø"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tępy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "cego"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "embotado"
},
{
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "puni"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tocit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "bont"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tupój",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тупо́й"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "ту̑п"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "tȗp"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupý"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "top"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupy"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "tupy"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "romo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "desafilado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "embotado"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "mentud"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "oskarp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "slö"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "mapurol"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tʉ̂ʉ",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "ทื่อ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "kör"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tupýj",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "тупи́й"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "cùn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "cùi"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "diswijhî"
},
{
"code": "zea",
"lang": "Zealandic",
"sense": "lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp",
"word": "bot"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "janjrali",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ձանձրալի"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skúčen",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ску́чен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "insuls"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "無聊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúliáo",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "无聊"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fádní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "kedelig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "enuiga"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "saai"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "keðiligur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "tylsä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "vaisu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "pitkäveteinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ikävystyttävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ennuyeux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "barbant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "eslamiado"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eslamiada"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anódino"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "anódina"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fad"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "langweilig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "varetós",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "βαρετός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mountós",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "μουντός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "meshaámem",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "מְשַׁעֲמֵם"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "noioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "soporifero"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "tedioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "monotono"
},
{
"alt": "たいくつな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taikutsu na",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "退屈な"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsumaranai",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "つまらない"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "fad"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "langweileg"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "mākihakiha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "takeo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "hihikokore"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "kjedelig"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "nudny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "entediante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chato"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enfadonho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "maçante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "sem graça"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "banal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "plictisitor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skúčnyj",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "ску́чный"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "dolgočásen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "aburrido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "soso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "insípido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "insulso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desabrido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "sin gracia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "tråkig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring",
"word": "sıkıcı"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "matov",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "матов"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "tuhm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "himmeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "terne"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mḳrtali",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "მკრთალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mkrkali",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "მქრქალი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "stumpf"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mountós",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "μουντός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "faiós",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "φαιός"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "neamhlonrach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "modartha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "opaco"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "blāvs"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "nespodrs"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "blatzeg"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of colours",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "waimeha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of colour",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "horotea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "pīatakore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mōhanihani"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "fosco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "fusco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "túsklyj",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "ту́склый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mátovyj",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "ма́товый"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "śamny"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mate"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "opaco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not shiny",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "not shiny",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mat"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "butʻ",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "բութ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "qanmaz"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎp",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "тъп"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǔn",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "蠢"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "dum"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "malbrila"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "dom"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "nõme"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "hidasjärkinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "yksinkertainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "tylsäjärkinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "tylsä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "sot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "obtus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "idiot"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "blöd"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "blöde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "dumm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "dumpf"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chazós",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "χαζός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mōrós",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "μωρός"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "ottuso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "tardo"
},
{
"alt": "にぶい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nibui",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "鈍い"
},
{
"alt": "のろい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "noroi",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "鈍い"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "brūtus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "fatuus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "idiōta"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "stultus"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "domm"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "topeg"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "mātotoru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "rare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "pūhoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "pongipongi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "dum"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "tępy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "estúpido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "fátuo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "imbecil"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "idiota"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "obtuz"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tupój",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "тупо́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glúpyj",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "глу́пый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "obtuso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "corto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "limitado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "soso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "oskarp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "trög"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "not bright or intelligent",
"word": "nêxapêyen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sluggish, listless, vapid, insipid",
"word": "kankea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sluggish, listless, vapid, insipid",
"word": "hidas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sluggish, listless, vapid, insipid",
"word": "kömpelö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sluggish, listless, vapid, insipid",
"word": "ponneton"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sluggish, listless, vapid, insipid",
"word": "takurutu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"english": "As the method I had taken before, of reaching various classes of readers, appealed to so many, I stuck to it, and put translations and learned forms at the bottom of the pages.",
"ref": "1938, John Pierce, “foreword”, in Dan Lenni'r Nos [Under Cover of Night], Liverpool: Gwasg y Brython, page 5:",
"text": "Gan i'r dull a gymerais o'r blaen, o gyrraedd amrywiol ddosbarthiadau o ddarllenwyr, ei gymeradwyo ei hun i gynifer, glynais wrtho, a rhoi cyfieithiadau a ffurfiau llenyddol ar waelod y tudalennau.",
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},
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],
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}
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