(p. 593) nīrasa not juicy, juiceless; sapless; dry; dull, having no sense of humour, having no power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipid, uninteresting, jejune, dull (নীরস কথাবার্তা); monotonous, prosaic (নীরস জীবন); glum, sullen (নীরস হাসি বা মুখ); unpleasant, cheerless (নীরস আবহাওয়া). ̃তা n. lack of juice or sap; dryness; lack of sense of humour, lack of power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipidity, lack of interest, dullness, monotony, prosiness, glumness, sullenness; unpleasantness, cheerlessness. 31)

(p. 767) birasa having no or little juice; sapless, dry; dull, insipid; dispirited, displeased, sullen, glum (বিরস বদন). ̃তা n. want of juice or sap; dullness, insipidity, dispiritedness, displeasure, sullenness, glumness. বিরস বদন n. a glum face; a gloomy face. 55)