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Misspelling
ddull, dul, dullll, duull, ull

Dull — synonyms, dull antonyms, definition

1. dull (a)

221 synonym
abstract agog annoyed apathetic ashen backward balmy banal barren black black as soot bland bleached blear bleary blunt blunted blurred bored boring • • •

2. dull (Noun)

6 synonyms
foolish inept stupid thoughtless vacuous witless

3. dull (Verb)

48 synonyms
benumb blunt blur chill cloud damp dampen darken deaden deject depress desensitise desensitize deter dim dip discolour discourage dishearten dispirit • • •
1 antonym
sharpen
7 definitions

dull (Verb) — Make dull in appearance. ex. "Age had dulled the surface"

dull (Verb) — Become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness. ex. "the varnished table top dulled with time"

dull (Verb) — Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.

dull (Verb) — Make numb or insensitive. ex. "The shock dulled her senses"

dull (Verb) — Make dull or blunt. ex. "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

dull (Verb) — Become less interesting or attractive.

dull (Verb) — Make less lively or vigorous. ex. "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

7 types of
alter change desensitise desensitize modify soften weaken
1 type
cloud

4. dull (Adjective)

11 synonyms
deadening deadly draggy hebetudinous ho-hum mind-numbing muffled muted softened thudding unamusing
3 antonyms
bright lively sharp
12 definitions

dull (Adjective) — Lacking in liveliness or animation. ex. "he was so dull at parties" ex. "a dull political campaign" ex. "a large dull impassive man" ex. "dull days with nothing to do" ex. "how dull and dreary the world is" ex. "fell back into one of her dull moods"

dull (Adjective) — Emitting or reflecting very little light. ex. "a dull glow" ex. "dull silver badly in need of a polish" ex. "a dull sky"

dull (Adjective) — Being or made softer or less loud or clear. ex. "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"

dull (Adjective) — So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. ex. "a dull play" ex. "his competent but dull performance"

dull (Adjective) — (of colour) very low in saturation; highly diluted. ex. "dull greens and blues"

dull (Adjective) — Not keenly felt. ex. "a dull throbbing" ex. "dull pain"

dull (Adjective) — Taking more than usual time to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. ex. "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"

dull (Adjective) — (of business) not active or brisk. ex. "business is dull"

dull (Adjective) — Not having a sharp edge or point. ex. "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

dull (Adjective) — Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility. ex. "a dull gaze" ex. "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"

dull (Adjective) — Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft. ex. "the dull thud"

dull (Adjective) — Darkened with overcast. ex. "a dull sky"

8 see also
brightness brightness level dullness light luminance luminosity luminousness monotonousness
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