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41dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …
42tedious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wearisome, wearing, dry, dry as dust, boring, tiresome, irksome, dull, monotonous, prosy, uninteresting. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slow, wearisome, tiresome; see dull 4 . III (Roget …
43tiresome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. tedious, wearying, boring. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. irksome, wearying, monotonous; see dull 4 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. wearisome, tiring, exhausting, fatiguing, arduous …
44troublesome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disturbing, annoying, distressing; vexatious, burdensome, grievous, worrisome; difficult. See difficulty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Causing anxiety] Syn. upsetting, disquieting, alarming; see… …
45uninteresting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dull, dreary, tedious, humdrum. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tedious, boring, tiresome, dreary, wearisome, prosaic, pedestrian, fatiguing, monotonous, dull, drab, colorless, stale,… …
46unpleasant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disagreeable, offensive, displeasing, unpleasing, bad, nasty, sickening; noisome; unattractive, unsatisfactory; surly, unfriendly. See discourtesy, unsavoriness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not… …
47galling — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. annoying, irritating, bothersome, rankling; see disturbing . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. annoying, irritating, nettlesome, vexing, aggravating, chafing, rankling, irksome, peeving, exasperating. ANT.: pleasing,… …
48vexatious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. annoying, bothersome, irritating; see disturbing . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. irritating, annoying, aggravating, troubling, bothersome, irksome, nerve racking, ruffling, disturbing, perturbing, nagging, nettling.… …
49nettlesome — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. irritating, annoying, aggravating, vexatious, vexing, disturbing, perturbing, irksome, rankling, thorny. ANT.: pleasing, delightful, relieving II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Troubling the nerves or peace of …
50dull — adj 1 *stupid, slow, dumb, dense, crass Analogous words: *lethargic, sluggish, comatose: phlegmatic, stolid, *impassive, apathetic: *backward: retarded (see DELAY vb) Antonyms: clever, bright …
