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Definitions of dull
  1. adjective
    darkened with overcast
    "a dull sky"

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  2. verb
    make numb or insensitive

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  3. verb
    become less interesting or attractive

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  4. adjective
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    "a dull play" "his competent but dull performance"
  5. adjective
    slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
    "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"
  6. adjective
    being or made softer or less loud or clear
    "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"

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  7. verb
    deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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  8. adjective
    not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
    "the dull thud"
  9. verb
    make dull or blunt
    "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

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  10. adjective
    (of business) not active or brisk
    "business is dull (or slow)"

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  11. verb
    become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
    "the varnished table top dulled with time"
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  12. adjective
    blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
    "a dull gaze" "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"

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  13. adjective
    emitting or reflecting very little light
    "a dull glow" "dull silver badly in need of a polish" "a dull sky"
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  14. 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"
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  15. verb
    make dull in appearance
    "Age had dulled the surface"
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  16. verb
    make less lively or vigorous
    "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
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  17. adjective
    not having a sharp edge or point
    "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
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  18. adjective
    not keenly felt
    "a dull throbbing" "dull pain"

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  19. adjective
    (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
    "dull greens and blues"

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Examples of dull
  • "a dull sky"
  • "a dull play"
  • "his competent but dull performance"
  • "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"
  • "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
  • "the dull thud"
  • "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
  • "business is dull (or slow)"
  • "the varnished table top dulled with time"
  • "a dull gaze"
  • "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"
  • "a dull glow"
  • "dull silver badly in need of a polish"
  • "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"
  • "Age had dulled the surface"
  • "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
  • "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
  • "a dull throbbing"
  • "dull pain"
  • "dull greens and blues"
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