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dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull

/dəl/

darkened with overcast

Type	Words
Synonyms	leaden
Derivation	dullness

a dull sky.

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull

/dəl/

make numb or insensitive

Type	Words
Synonyms	benumb, blunt, numb
Type of	desensitise, desensitize

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull

/dəl/

become less interesting or attractive

Type	Words
Synonyms	pall
Type of	change
Derivation	dullard

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/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

/dəl/

(of business) not active or brisk

Type	Words
Synonyms	slow, sluggish

business is dull (or slow).

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull

/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

/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

/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

/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

/dəl/

make dull in appearance

Type	Words
Type of	change, alter, modify

Age had dulled the surface.

dull::verb | Spocien Dictionary

dull

/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

/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

/dəl/

not keenly felt

Type	Words
Derivation	dullness

a dull throbbing.

dull pain.

dull::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

dull

/dəl/

(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

Type	Words
Derivation	dullness

dull greens and blues.