dull

Naija

Alternative forms

• crazy 0.68 22, hmhm 0.68 116, honestly 0.67 13, veri 0.66 8, pe 0.66 11, scream 0.66 12, shack 0.65 9, sharwama 0.65 19, wh 0.65 9

Etymology

etymology:English 'dull'.

Pronunciation

• dɔ̂

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 23
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 5056

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

dull: unintelligent, not smart -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   E too dull.  — (He/she is unintelligent.)

2. - (frequency:5)

   Di chemical business gaan come dey dull,  — (LAG_03_Lagos-Life_M__24, The chemical business also is then dull.)

   E get di way oyibo dem dey talk am now sey all play, and no work dey make Jack make e be dull boy.  — (ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__116, There is this white man's saying All play and no work makes Jack a dull boy.)

Synonyms

• crazy 0.68 22, hmhm 0.68 116, honestly 0.67 13, veri 0.66 8, pe 0.66 11, scream 0.66 12, shack 0.65 9, sharwama 0.65 19, wh 0.65 9

Antonyms

• crazy 0.68 22, hmhm 0.68 116, honestly 0.67 13, veri 0.66 8, pe 0.66 11, scream 0.66 12, shack 0.65 9, sharwama 0.65 19, wh 0.65 9

Translations

• English: unintelligent, not smart

Verb

dull: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. aux-nsubj (frequency:2)

   You go dey dull!  — (ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__119, You will be dull !)

   Di chemical business gaan come dey dull,  — (NST_cleaned__2110, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• crazy 0.68 22, hmhm 0.68 116, honestly 0.67 13, veri 0.66 8, pe 0.66 11, scream 0.66 12, shack 0.65 9, sharwama 0.65 19, wh 0.65 9

Antonyms

• crazy 0.68 22, hmhm 0.68 116, honestly 0.67 13, veri 0.66 8, pe 0.66 11, scream 0.66 12, shack 0.65 9, sharwama 0.65 19, wh 0.65 9

Translations

• English: no definition