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dull meaning and definition
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Definition of dull (verb)
- make dull in appearance
- "Age had dulled the surface"
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- "the varnished table top dulled with time"
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make numb or insensitive
- make dull or blunt
- become less interesting or attractive
- synonyms: pall
- make less lively or vigorous
- "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
DULL adjective
Definition of dull (adjective)
- 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"
- antonym: lively
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
- antonym: bright
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
- 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"
- synonyms: boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- "dull greens and blues"
- not keenly felt
- "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
- antonym: sharp
- 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"
- synonyms: dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow
- (of business) not active or brisk
- not having a sharp edge or point
- "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
- antonym: sharp
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
- synonyms: thudding
- darkened with overcast
- "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
- synonyms: leaden
Source: Princeton University Wordnet