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oulevardier, man about town, Archaic coxcomb, macaroni; Slang<br />

swell, Brit toff: He dressed like a real dude - zoot suit and<br />

all. 2 man, fellow, chap, Colloq guy: Hey, man, who's that<br />

dude in the tartan suit?<br />

due<br />

adj. 1 payable, owed, owing, unpaid, outstanding, in arrears:<br />

The rent is due tomorrow. 2 fitting, right, rightful, correct,<br />

proper, appropriate, apropos, apposite, suitable, apt, meet;<br />

deserved, (well-)earned, merited, just, justified: Was she<br />

treated with due respect? 3 necessary, needed, adequate,<br />

sufficient, enough, satisfactory; ample, plenty of: I do not<br />

think my case was given due consideration. 4 expected,<br />

scheduled, anticipated: He was due on the two o'clock plane.<br />

--adv. 5 directly, exactly, precisely, straight: Go due east<br />

to the river, then turn north.<br />

dues<br />

duff<br />

n.pl. (membership) fee, charge(s): If you have not paid your<br />

dues, you may not use the club's facilities.<br />

adj. bad, useless, worthless, unworkable, inoperable,<br />

inoperative, broken; fake, false, counterfeit, Colloq dud,<br />

phoney or US also phony: We couldn't get that duff radio to<br />

work. We were provided with duff papers for crossing the border.<br />

duffer n. incompetent, blunderer, bungler, oaf, Colloq ox, lummox: He<br />

may be an expert at computers but he's a duffer at golf.<br />

dull<br />

adj. 1 stupid, slow-witted, dense, stolid, bovine, cloddish,<br />

clod-like, backward, obtuse, doltish, crass, dumb, Colloq thick,<br />

dim, dim-witted, Brit dim as a Toc H lamp: He might be a dull<br />

student but he's a brilliant artist. 2 insensitive, numb,<br />

insensible, imperceptive or impercipient, unresponsive,<br />

indifferent, unfeeling, unsympathetic, callous, hardened, hard,<br />

inured, obtundent: He knew that he could expect only a dull<br />

response to his pleading. 3 lifeless, indifferent,<br />

unresponsive, sluggish, slow, listless, inactive, torpid: The<br />

market for luxury cars is a little dull now. 4 boring,<br />

tiresome, tedious, monotonous, uninspired, uninspiring,<br />

unoriginal, uninteresting, humdrum: All work and no play make<br />

Jack a dull boy. 5 dismal, dreary, depressing, sombre, grey,<br />

dark, murky, gloomy, cloudy, clouded, overcast, sunless: If the<br />

day is dull, the photographs will show it. 6 blunted, blunt;

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