Dull

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Definitions:

Verb

dull

Definition: make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface"

dull

Definition: become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"

muffle mute dull damp dampen tone down

Definition: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

numb benumb blunt dull

Definition: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

dull blunt

Definition: make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

pall dull

Definition: become less interesting or attractive

dull

Definition: make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

Definition: To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.

Adjective

dull

Definition: lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

dull

Definition: emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"

dull muffled muted softened

Definition: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"

boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome slow tedious tiresome wearisome

Definition: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

dull

Definition: (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"

dull

Definition: not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"

dense dim dull dumb obtuse slow

Definition: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

dull slow sluggish

Definition: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"

dull

Definition: not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

dull

Definition: blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather

dull thudding

Definition: not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"

dull leaden

Definition: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"

Definition: Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.