dense

denso, fitto

Con molte parti vicine tra loro o molta materia in poco spazio.

In inglese semplice: Having many parts close together, or a lot of material in a small space.

• The forest is very dense.
• Dense fog covered the road this morning.
• This wood is dense and surprisingly heavy.

Sinonimi: thick, compact, closely packed

Contrari: sparse, thin

Espressioni comuni: dense forest, dense fog, dense material, dense vegetation

denso, complesso

Con molte idee concentrate in poco spazio, quindi impegnativo da capire.

In inglese semplice: Containing many ideas in little space, so it takes effort to understand.

• The book's language is dense.
• I struggled to follow the dense argument.
• Her essay is dense with references to earlier research.

Come si usa: dense with something (The report is dense with technical information.)

Sinonimi: complex, packed

Contrari: simple

Espressioni comuni: dense prose, dense text, dense with ideas, dense academic writing

ottuso, tonto

Che capisce le cose lentamente; è un modo offensivo di descrivere qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: Slow to understand things; used as an unkind description of someone.

• Don't be so dense!
• I felt dense when I finally understood the joke.
• He called me dense for asking the same question again.

Sinonimi: stupid, thick, slow

Contrari: clever, bright

Espressioni comuni: be dense, so dense, a dense person, rather dense