verb
make less lively or vigorous"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
verb
become dull or lusterless in appearancelose shine or brightness
"the varnished table top dulled with time"
verb
become less interesting or attractiveverb
make dull in appearance"Age had dulled the surface"
verb
make dull or blunt"Too much cutting dulls the knife''s edge"
verb
make numb or insensitive"The shock numbed her senses"
verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrappingadjectiv
(of business) not active or brisk"business is dull (or slow)"
"a sluggish market"
"a sluggish market"
adjectiv
emitting or reflecting very little light"a dull glow"
"dull silver badly in need of a polish"
"a dull sky"
"dull silver badly in need of a polish"
"a dull sky"
adjectiv
(of color) very low in saturationhighly diluted
"dull greens and blues"
adjectiv
slow to learn or understandlacking 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
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dumb officials mak"never met anyone quite so dim"
"although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
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adjectiv
darkened with overcast"a dark day"
"a dull sky"
"a gray rainy afternoon"
"gray clouds"
"the sky was leaden and thick"
"a dull sky"
"a gray rainy afternoon"
"gray clouds"
"the sky was leaden and thick"
adjectiv
not having a sharp edge or point"the knife was too dull to be of any use"
adjectiv
not keenly felt"a dull throbbing"
"dull pain"
"dull pain"
adjectiv
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"
"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"
adjectiv
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"
"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"
adjectiv
being or made softer or less loud or clear"the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
"muffled drums"
"the muffled noises of the street"
"muted trumpets"
"muffled drums"
"the muffled noises of the street"
"muted trumpets"
adjectiv
not clear and resonantsounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
"the dull thud"
"thudding bullets"
"thudding bullets"
adjectiv
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility"a dull gaze"
"so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"
- Willa Cather"so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"
Antonime:
(adjectiv) bright, lively, sharp
(verb) sharpen
Sinonime:
(adjectiv) boring, dense, dim, dumb, gray, grey, irksome, leaden, obtuse, slow, sluggish, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
(verb) benumb, blunt, damp, dampen, muffle, mute, numb, pall