dull

Definitions

1. 1superlative

   Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

2. 2superlative

   Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

3. 3superlative

   Insensible; unfeeling.

4. 4superlative

   Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.

5. 5superlative

   Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

6. 6superlative

   Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.

7. 7superlative

   Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.

8. 8transitive verb

   To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

9. 9transitive verb

   To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.

10. 10transitive verb

    To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

11. 11transitive verb

    To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To become dull or stupid.

13. 13verb

    make less lively or vigorous

    "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

14. 14verb

    become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

    "the varnished table top dulled with time"

15. 15verb

    become less interesting or attractive

    Synonyms

    pall
16. 16verb

    make dull in appearance

    "Age had dulled the surface"

17. 17verb

    make dull or blunt

    "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

    Synonyms

    blunt
18. 18verb

    make numb or insensitive

    "The shock numbed her senses"

    Synonyms

    benumbbluntnumb
19. 19verb

    deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

    Synonyms

    dampdampenmufflemute
20. 20adjective

    (of business) not active or brisk

    "business is dull (or slow)"

    "a sluggish market"

    Synonyms

    slowsluggish
21. 21adjective

    emitting or reflecting very little light

    "a dull glow"

    "dull silver badly in need of a polish"

22. 22adjective

    (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

    "dull greens and blues"

23. 23adjective

    slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity- Thackeray

    "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"

    "never met anyone quite so dim"

    Synonyms

    densedimdumbobtuseslow
24. 24adjective

    darkened with overcast

    "a dark day"

    "a dull sky"

    Synonyms

    leaden
25. 25adjective

    not having a sharp edge or point

    "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

26. 26adjective

    not keenly felt

    "a dull throbbing"

    "dull pain"

27. 27adjective

    lacking in liveliness or animation

    "he was so dull at parties"

    "a dull political campaign"

28. 28adjective

    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness- Edmund Burke- Mark Twain

    "a boring evening with uninteresting people"

    "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"

    Synonyms

    boringdeadeningirksomeslowtedioustiresomewearisome
29. 29adjective

    being or made softer or less loud or clear

    "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"

    "muffled drums"

    Synonyms

    muffledmutedsoftened
30. 30adjective

    not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

    "the dull thud"

    "thudding bullets"

    Synonyms

    thudding
31. 31adjective

    blunted in responsiveness or sensibility- Willa Cather

    "a dull gaze"

    "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"