Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

tępy in English:

1. dull


To me he's no different from a million other dull middle aged men.
dull china
In the kitchen, you're more apt to cut yourself with a dull knife than with a sharp one.
Geometry, about which I know nothing, seems like a very dull subject.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
This club is fearfully dull. The dance floor is empty and the smoking patio is packed.
To equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel.
If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are likely to become dull and unintelligent.
Like air traffic controllers, drone pilots have high‐stress yet often dull and repetitive jobs, mostly surveilling areas for intelligence and potential targets.
It rained all the time we were there so we had a rather dull weekend sitting indoors.
The room around him became crisp, the dull firepit flaring to near blinding brightness.
If you have a dull room, what can you do to brighten it up? If you have a dull room, you can brighten it up by painting it.
dull afternoon/people/colour
Have you ever met someone as dull as he was?
For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.

English word "tępy"(dull) occurs in sets:

Szkoła i to, co jest z nią związane
SZKOŁA - CECHY POZYTYWNE I NEGATYWNE UCZNIÓW
Cechy pozytywne nauczycieli. szoła
Moja szkoła (słownictwo B uczeń)
restauracja słownictwo # 2

2. obtuse


Is he trying to prove that he's as obtuse as it seems?
Triangle can have only one obtuse angle.
He is too obtuse to take a hint.
Political opponents warned that the prime minister’s obtuse approach to foreign policy would embroil the nation in mindless war.
he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse
When you think about it, it's all Kenny's fault for being so obtuse.
Pedants delight in being obtuse.

English word "tępy"(obtuse) occurs in sets:

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3. blunt


Your text-it was so blunt
It's not easy peeling potatoes with a blunt knife.
The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.
to be blunt
She has a reputation for blunt speaking.
My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.
Y'know we're short of money to have fun and ... Well to be blunt, gimme!
losing my head, blunt of the axe, alive when I am dead
They have a lot to talk about, often in blunt terms.
a blunt knife
a blunt knife- without a sharp edge or point; saying exactly what you think without trying to be polite
a blunt reply/ remark/refusal
He sharpened his pencil because it was blunt, and he needed a sharp point to write legibly.
Spinal fracture, blunt-force trauma to the head,
It's hard to shave with a blunt razor blade.

English word "tępy"(blunt) occurs in sets:

Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Si un segundo durase una vida entera...
Fiszki Kurs Angielskiego 1-160
Listening 27_29.09
grudzień 2019

4. dumb


He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.
The world is full of dumb people.
I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
The definition of dumb is unable to speak or someone or something that appears stupid.
act dumb
The dumber the white man is, the more the black man looks dumb to him.
Dumb as a block of wood.
My poor dumb friend died this morning.
Light cares speak, great ones are dumb.
You gave him your phone number? That was a dumb thing to do.
All blonde women are dumb.
There was a fellow there who was Japanese and who was deaf and dumb and he could write I mean fluently.
Neil and Alice discuss TV chat show hosts, Greek philosophers and whether asking dumb questions is a good idea or not
Are computers making us dumb?
How dumb do you think it would be to break into a prison or steal a police car?

English word "tępy"(dumb) occurs in sets:

unit 4 EXTRAORDINARY BEHAVIOUR
Gateway plus 4 - UNIT 4
człowiek cechy charakteru
(gateway4) wordlist 4
angielski rozszerzony

5. crass


At the end of our conversation I asked him a rather crass question: How do you earn your living?
"We may abuse this procedure as crass materialism"

English word "tępy"(crass) occurs in sets:

Is China winning
Human adjectives 3

6. witless


a witless actor

English word "tępy"(witless) occurs in sets:

miks 2 angielski
Cechy charakteru