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dull

(d/@/l )

adjective (a)

lacking in liveliness or animation(adj.all)

Example:
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

source: wordnet30
emitting or reflecting very little light(adj.all)

Example:
A dull glow.
Dull silver badly in need of a polish.
A dull sky.

Antonym:
bright

source: wordnet30
not keenly felt(adj.all)

Example:
A dull throbbing.
Dull pain.

source: wordnet30
not having a sharp edge or point(adj.all)

Example:
The knife was too dull to be of any use.

Antonym:
sharp

source: wordnet30
Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

being or made softer or less loud or clear(adj.all)

Example:
The dull boom of distant breaking waves.

Synonym:
muffled, muted, softened

source: wordnet30
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness(adj.all)

Example:
A dull play.
His competent but dull performance.

Synonym:
boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

source: wordnet30
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted(adj.all)

Example:
Dull greens and blues.

source: wordnet30
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity(adj.all)

Example:
Although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick.

Synonym:
dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow

source: wordnet30
(of business) not active or brisk(adj.all)

Example:
Business is dull (or slow).

Synonym:
slow, sluggish

source: wordnet30
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility(adj.all)

Example:
A dull gaze.
So exhausted she was dull to what went on about her.

source: wordnet30
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft(adj.all)

Example:
The dull thud.

Synonym:
thudding

source: wordnet30
darkened with overcast(adj.all)

Example:
A dull sky.

Synonym:
leaden

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

make dull in appearance(verb.contact)

Example:
Age had dulled the surface.

source: wordnet30
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness(verb.change)

Example:
The varnished table top dulled with time.

source: wordnet30
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping(verb.perception)

Synonym:
damp, dampen, muffle, mute, tone down

source: wordnet30
make numb or insensitive(verb.perception)

Synonym:
benumb, blunt, numb

source: wordnet30
make dull or blunt(verb.contact)

Example:
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge.

Synonym:
blunt
Antonym:
sharpen

source: wordnet30
become less interesting or attractive(verb.change)

Synonym:
pall

source: wordnet30
make less lively or vigorous(verb.change)

Example:
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel.

source: wordnet30
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become dull or stupid.(verb)

source: webster1913

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