DULL AS DISHWATER

Meaning of DULL AS DISHWATER in English

dull as ditch-water, boring, uninteresting, very unexciting

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DULL AS DISHWATER — Phrs. Very unexciting, exceeding plain. E.g."I'm not wasting my time watching another hour of this film, it's dull as dishwater."
Slang English vocab
DISHWATER — noun Date: 15th century water in which dishes have been or are to be washed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DULL — I. ˈdəl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English dul, dulle; akin to Old English dol foolish, Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISHWATER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : water in which dishes have been or are to be washed ; also : any of various …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DULL — (superl.) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a …
Английский словарь Webster
DULL — (superl.) Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
DISHWATER — (n.) Water in which dishes have been washed.
Английский словарь Webster
DULL — ( superl. ) Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DULL — ( superl. ) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISHWATER — ( n. ) Water in which dishes have been washed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DULL — — dullness, dulness , n. — dully , adv. /dul/ , adj., duller, dullest , v. adj. 1. not sharp; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISHWATER — /dish"waw'teuhr, -wot'euhr/ , n. 1. water in which dishes are, or have been, washed. 2. dull as dishwater or ditchwater …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISHWATER — n. water in which dishes have been washed, dirty water
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DULL — I. ˈdəl adjective Etymology: Middle English dul; akin to Old English dol foolish, Old Irish dall blind Date: 13th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DISHWATER — noun Date: 15th century : water in which dishes have been or are to be washed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DULL — superl insensible; unfeeling. 2. dull ·vi to become dull or stupid. 3. dull ·vt to deprive of sharpness of edge …
Webster English vocab
DISHWATER — noun water in which dishes have been washed.
Webster English vocab
DISHWATER — ■ noun water in which dishes have been washed.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DULL — [dull] adj [ME dul; akin to OE dol foolish, OIr dall blind] (13c) 1: mentally slow: stupid 2. a: slow …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DISHWATER — [dish.wa.ter] n (15c): water in which dishes have been or are to be washed
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DISHWATER — dishwater BrE AmE ˈdɪʃ ˌwɔːt ə AmE \ -ˌwɔːt̬ ə r -ˌwɑːt̬ ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DULL — / dʌl; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( dull·er , dull·est ) BORING 1. not interesting or exciting …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISHWATER — / ˈdɪʃwɔːtə(r); NAmE / noun [ U ] water that sb has used to wash dirty plates, etc. ( humorous …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DULL — I. dull 1 S3 /dʌl/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative duller , superlative dullest ) [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISHWATER — dish ‧ wa ‧ ter /ˈdɪʃˌwɔːtə $ -ˌwɒːtər, -ˌwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] 1 . dirty water that dishes have …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DULL — adj. & v. --adj. 1 slow to understand; stupid. 2 tedious; boring. 3 (of the weather) overcast; gloomy. 4 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DISHWATER — n. water in which dishes have been washed.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DULL — adj. & v. adj. 1 slow to understand; stupid. 2 tedious; boring. 3 (of the weather) overcast; gloomy. 4 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DISHWATER — n. water in which dishes have been washed.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DULL — adj. & v. --adj. 1. slow to understand; stupid. 2 tedious; boring. 3 (of the weather) overcast; gloomy. 4 a …
Oxford English vocab
DISHWATER — n. water in which dishes have been washed.
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DULL — ( duller, dullest, dulls, dulling, dulled) 1. If you describe someone or something as dull , you mean they are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISHWATER — Dishwater is water that dishes, pans, and cutlery have been washed in. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISHWATER — Dishwater is water that dishes, pans, and cutlery have been washed in. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DULL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dull pain (= a slight but continuous pain ) ▪ There was a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISHWATER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The best cooks never submerge an iron skillet in dishwater .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISHWATER — [noun] [U] - water in which dirty plates, cups, forks, etc. have been washed(disapproving) This soup/tea tastes like dishwater (= …
Cambridge English vocab
DULL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DISHWATER — Synonyms and related words : bilge, bilgewater, bones, cambric tea, carrion, chaff, cobweb, culm, deadwood, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dust, filings, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DULL
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DULL
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DULL — adj. 25B6; adjective a dull novel : UNINTERESTING, boring, tedious, monotonous, unrelieved, unvaried, unimaginative, uneventful; characterless, featureless, colourless, lifeless, insipid, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DULL — adj. 1 stupid, slow-witted, dense, stolid, bovine, cloddish, clod-like, backward, obtuse, doltish, crass, dumb, Colloq thick, dim, dim-witted, Brit dim …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DULL — adjective BAD : If I did the same thing every day, I would be dull. GOOD : If I did …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DULL — 1. прил. 1) а) тупой, глупый He was rather a dull child, usually called uncommonly stupid. ≈ Он был туповатый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISHWATER — (посудные) помои; вода из-под грязной посуды, обмывки dishwater помои
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AS — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. предл. 1) в качестве; как He was employed as a teacher ≈ Он служил учителем. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISHWATER — Помои
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DULL — dull.ogg 1. dʌl a 1. тупой, бестолковый, тупоумный dull brain /intelligence/ - тупоумие dull curiosity - тупое любопытство dull with …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISHWATER — n (посудные) помои; вода из-под грязной посуды, обмывки
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AS — as.ogg _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISHWATER — (n) вода из-под грязной посуды; обмывки
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DISHWATER — (0) помои
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DISHWATER — n (посудные) помои; вода из-под грязной посуды, обмывки
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DULL — 1. dʌl a 1. тупой, бестолковый, тупоумный dull brain /intelligence/ - тупоумие dull curiosity - тупое любопытство dull with drinking …
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