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dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
darkened with overcast
Type Words
Synonyms leaden
Derivation dullness


a dull sky.

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull
verb
/dəl/
make numb or insensitive
Type Words
Synonyms benumb, blunt, numb
Type of desensitise, desensitize

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull
verb
/dəl/
become less interesting or attractive
Type Words
Synonyms pall
Type of change
Derivation dullard

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Type Words
Synonyms boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
Derivation dullness


a dull play.
his competent but dull performance.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Type Words
Synonyms dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow
Derivation dullness


although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
being or made softer or less loud or clear
Type Words
Synonyms muffled, muted, softened


the dull boom of distant breaking waves.

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull
verb
/dəl/
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Type Words
Synonyms damp, dampen, muffle, mute, tone down
Type of soften

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
Type Words
Synonyms thudding


the dull thud.

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull
verb
/dəl/
make dull or blunt
Type Words
Synonyms blunt
Type of alter, modify, change


Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
(of business) not active or brisk
Type Words
Synonyms slow, sluggish


business is dull (or slow).

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull
verb
/dəl/
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
Type Words
Type of change


the varnished table top dulled with time.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
Type Words
Derivation dullness


a dull gaze.
so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
emitting or reflecting very little light
Type Words
Derivation dullness


a dull glow.
dull silver badly in need of a polish.
a dull sky.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
lacking in liveliness or animation
Type Words
Derivation dullness


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::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull
verb
/dəl/
make dull in appearance
Type Words
Type of change, alter, modify


Age had dulled the surface.

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull
verb
/dəl/
make less lively or vigorous
Type Words
Type of weaken
Has types cloud


Middle age dulled her appetite for travel.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
not having a sharp edge or point
Type Words
Derivation dullness


the knife was too dull to be of any use.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
not keenly felt
Type Words
Derivation dullness


a dull throbbing.
dull pain.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull
adjective
/dəl/
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
Type Words
Derivation dullness


dull greens and blues.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.