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Xem thêm: stultification, constipation, impairment, boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dampen, damp, girdle, blunt
n.
adj.
a boring evening with uninteresting people
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
a dull play
his competent but dull performance
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
v.
muffle the message
girdle the plant
deadened wine
deaden a ship's headway
Terror blunted her feelings
deaden a sound