The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

oulevardier, man about town, Archaic coxcomb, macaroni; Slang
swell, Brit toff: He dressed like a real dude - zoot suit and
all. 2 man, fellow, chap, Colloq guy: Hey, man, who's that
dude in the tartan suit?
due adj. 1 payable, owed, owing, unpaid, outstanding, in arrears:
The rent is due tomorrow. 2 fitting, right, rightful, correct,
proper, appropriate, apropos, apposite, suitable, apt, meet;
deserved, (well-)earned, merited, just, justified: Was she
treated with due respect? 3 necessary, needed, adequate,
sufficient, enough, satisfactory; ample, plenty of: I do not
think my case was given due consideration. 4 expected,
scheduled, anticipated: He was due on the two o'clock plane.
--adv. 5 directly, exactly, precisely, straight: Go due east
to the river, then turn north.
dues n.pl. (membership) fee, charge(s): If you have not paid your
dues, you may not use the club's facilities.
duff adj. bad, useless, worthless, unworkable, inoperable,
inoperative, broken; fake, false, counterfeit, Colloq dud,
phoney or US also phony: We couldn't get that duff radio to
work. We were provided with duff papers for crossing the border.
duffer n. incompetent, blunderer, bungler, oaf, Colloq ox, lummox: He
may be an expert at computers but he's a duffer at golf.
dull adj. 1 stupid, slow-witted, dense, stolid, bovine, cloddish,
clod-like, backward, obtuse, doltish, crass, dumb, Colloq thick,
dim, dim-witted, Brit dim as a Toc H lamp: He might be a dull
student but he's a brilliant artist. 2 insensitive, numb,
insensible, imperceptive or impercipient, unresponsive,
indifferent, unfeeling, unsympathetic, callous, hardened, hard,
inured, obtundent: He knew that he could expect only a dull
response to his pleading. 3 lifeless, indifferent,
unresponsive, sluggish, slow, listless, inactive, torpid: The
market for luxury cars is a little dull now. 4 boring,
tiresome, tedious, monotonous, uninspired, uninspiring,
unoriginal, uninteresting, humdrum: All work and no play make
Jack a dull boy. 5 dismal, dreary, depressing, sombre, grey,
dark, murky, gloomy, cloudy, clouded, overcast, sunless: If the
day is dull, the photographs will show it. 6 blunted, blunt;