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Quick definitions from WordNet (dull)
▸ verb: make less lively or vigorous ("Middle age dulled her appetite for travel")
▸ verb: become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness ("The varnished table top dulled with time")
▸ verb: make dull in appearance ("Age had dulled the surface")
▸ verb: make dull or blunt ("Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge")
▸ verb: become less interesting or attractive
▸ verb: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
▸ verb: make numb or insensitive
▸ adjective: being or made softer or less loud or clear ("The dull boom of distant breaking waves")
▸ adjective: not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft ("The dull thud")
▸ adjective: blunted in responsiveness or sensibility ("A dull gaze")
▸ adjective: (of business) not active or brisk ("Business is dull (or slow)")
▸ adjective: emitting or reflecting very little light ("A dull glow")
▸ adjective: (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted ("Dull greens and blues")
▸ adjective: darkened with overcast ("A dull sky")
▸ adjective: not having a sharp edge or point ("The knife was too dull to be of any use")
▸ adjective: not keenly felt ("A dull throbbing")
▸ adjective: lacking in liveliness or animation ("He was so dull at parties")
▸ adjective: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness ("A dull play")
▸ adjective: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity ("Although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7912)
▸ Also see dulness
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to dull
▸ Usage examples for dull
▸ Idioms related to dull (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by dull
▸ Words that often appear near dull
▸ Rhymes of dull
▸ Invented words related to dull
▸ verb: make less lively or vigorous ("Middle age dulled her appetite for travel")
▸ verb: become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness ("The varnished table top dulled with time")
▸ verb: make dull in appearance ("Age had dulled the surface")
▸ verb: make dull or blunt ("Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge")
▸ verb: become less interesting or attractive
▸ verb: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
▸ verb: make numb or insensitive
▸ adjective: being or made softer or less loud or clear ("The dull boom of distant breaking waves")
▸ adjective: not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft ("The dull thud")
▸ adjective: blunted in responsiveness or sensibility ("A dull gaze")
▸ adjective: (of business) not active or brisk ("Business is dull (or slow)")
▸ adjective: emitting or reflecting very little light ("A dull glow")
▸ adjective: (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted ("Dull greens and blues")
▸ adjective: darkened with overcast ("A dull sky")
▸ adjective: not having a sharp edge or point ("The knife was too dull to be of any use")
▸ adjective: not keenly felt ("A dull throbbing")
▸ adjective: lacking in liveliness or animation ("He was so dull at parties")
▸ adjective: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness ("A dull play")
▸ adjective: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity ("Although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7912)
▸ Also see dulness
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to dull
▸ Usage examples for dull
▸ Idioms related to dull (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by dull
▸ Words that often appear near dull
▸ Rhymes of dull
▸ Invented words related to dull