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/icons/point.icon STUPID, DULL, DENSE, CRASS, DUMB mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions.
STUPID implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.
e.g. stupid students just keeping the seats warm stupid with drink
DULL suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock.
e.g. monotonous work that leaves the mind dull
DENSE implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas.
e.g. too dense to take a hint
CRASS suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy.
e.g. a crass, materialistic people
DUMB applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension.
e.g. too dumb to figure out what's going on
/icons/point.icon DENSE, THICK, and COMPACT mean having parts that are gathered tightly together.
DENSE is used of something in which the parts are very close together.
e.g. They lost their way in the dense forest.
THICK is used of something that has many small parts that form a single mass.
e.g. He has a thick head of hair.
COMPACT is used of something that has a close and firm gathering of parts, especially within a small area.
e.g. The laptop has a compact design.
adjective
1. closely compacted in substance:
〈霧･煙などが〉濃い, 見通しがきかない; 〈ガラス･ネガなどが〉不透明な(↔ thin)
e.g. dense volcanic rock
e.g. swirling, dense smoke.
having the constituent parts crowded closely together:
〈人･物が〉密集した; 〈森林などが〉密生した; 〈場所が〉 «…で» いっぱいの «with» (↔ sparse, thin)
e.g. an estuary dense with marine life.
2. informal (of a person) stupid.
｟くだけて｠ ; 〖be ～〗 〈人が〉理解が遅い, 頭の鈍い
3. (of a text) hard to understand because of its complexity of ideas.
｟非難して｠ 〈文章･映画などが〉(情報が多くて)理解しにくい, 難解な.
DERIVATIVES
denseness |ˈdensnəs| noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Latin densus.