Dull in Malayalam
A dull film, a dull afternoon, a dull flavour: വിരസ (virasa) takes all of them, meaning uninteresting, insipid, monotonous. Its literal sense is without taste, which is a useful hook for remembering it. To say you are bored, Keralites use the verb ബോറടിക്കുക (boradikkuka), built on the English bore.
Uninteresting, boring, tasteless, insipid, dull, monotonous.
ആ സിനിമ വളരെ വിരസ ആയിരുന്നു.
aa sinima valare virasa aayirunnu
That film was very boring.
All Malayalam words for “dull”
- വിരസ (virasa) — Uninteresting, boring, tasteless, insipid, dull, monotonous.
- പഴുപ്പന് (pazhuppan) — A bilious, unhealthy man; (idm.) a spiritless, dull man, a useless, clumsy fellow.
- ബോറടിക്കുക (boradikkuka) — To be bored, to feel dull or fed up; the everyday Malayalam way of saying one is bored.
- മന്ദിക്കുക (mandikkuka) — Weaken, become weak, slow down, become dull, hesitate, become dim, delay.
വിരസ (virasa) is the adjective dull or boring, ബോറടിക്കുക (boradikkuka) the everyday verb for feeling bored, മന്ദിക്കുക (mandikkuka) to slow down and grow dim, and പഴുപ്പന് (pazhuppan) an unkind idiom for a dull, spiritless man.
Common questions
How do you say dull in Malayalam?
Dull or uninteresting is വിരസ (virasa).
How do I say I am bored?
Use ബോറടിക്കുക (boradikkuka), the colloquial verb for being bored or fed up.