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dull > 19 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	dull	Lacking in liveliness or animation
	2	dull	Emitting or reflecting very little light
	3	dull, muffled, muted, softened	Being or made softer or less loud or clear
	4	dull, boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
	5	dull	(of color) very low in saturation
	6	dull	Not keenly felt
	7	dull, dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow	Slow to learn or understand
	8	dull, slow, sluggish	(of business) not active or brisk
	9	dull	Not having a sharp edge or point
	10	dull	Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
	11	dull, thudding	Not clear and resonant
	12	dull, grey, gray, leaden	Darkened with overcast
VERB	1	dull	Make dull in appearance
	2	dull	Become dull or lusterless in appearance
	3	dull, muffle, mute, damp, dampen, tone down	Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
	4	dull, numb, benumb, blunt	Make numb or insensitive
	5	dull, blunt	Make dull or blunt
	6	dull, pall	Become less interesting or attractive
	7	dull	Make less lively or vigorous

dull > pronunciation
Sounds	dah'l
Rhymes	abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl...

dull > adjective 1
Meaning	Lacking in liveliness or animation.
Examples	"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"
Contrary	lively
Similar	arid, desiccate, desiccated; bovine; drab, dreary; heavy, leaden; humdrum, monotonous; lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless
See also	unanimated; colorless, colourless; spiritless
Attribute of	dullness
Nouns	dullness
Adverbs	dully

dull > adjective 2
Meaning	Emitting or reflecting very little light.
Examples	"a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
Contrary	bright
Similar	flat, mat, matt, matte, matted; lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless; soft, subdued
See also	unpolished
Attribute of	luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
Nouns	dullness
Adverbs	dully

dull > adjective 3
Meaning	Being or made softer or less loud or clear.
Examples	"the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
Synonyms	muffled, muted, softened
Similar to	soft

dull > adjective 4
Meaning	So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
Examples	"a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"
Synonyms	boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
Similar to	uninteresting
Nouns	dullness

dull > adjective 5
Meaning	(of color) very low in saturation. Highly diluted.
Examples	"dull greens and blues"
Similar to	unsaturated
Nouns	dullness

dull > adjective 6
Meaning	Not keenly felt.
Examples	"a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
Contrary	sharp
Similar	deadened
Nouns	dullness

dull > adjective 7
Meaning	Slow to learn or understand. Lacking intellectual acuity.
Examples	"although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
Synonyms	dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow
Similar to	stupid
Nouns	dullness

dull > adjective 8
Meaning	(of business) not active or brisk.
Examples	"business is dull (or slow)"
Synonyms	slow, sluggish
Similar to	inactive
Category	commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business

dull > adjective 9
Meaning	Not having a sharp edge or point.
Examples	"the knife was too dull to be of any use"
Contrary	sharp
Similar	blunt; blunted, dulled; edgeless; unsharpened
Nouns	dullness

dull > adjective 10
Meaning	Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility.
Examples	"a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
Similar to	insensitive
Nouns	dullness

dull > adjective 11
Meaning	Not clear and resonant. Sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft.
Examples	"the dull thud"
Synonyms	thudding
Similar to	unreverberant, nonresonant

dull > adjective 12
Meaning	Darkened with overcast.
Examples	"a dull sky"
Synonyms	grey, gray, leaden
Similar to	cloudy
Nouns	dullness

dull > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Make dull in appearance.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"Age had dulled the surface"
Broader	change, alter, modify

dull > verb 2, change
Meaning	Become dull or lusterless in appearance. Lose shine or brightness.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"the varnished table top dulled with time"
Broader	change

dull > verb 3, perception
Meaning	Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	muffle, mute, damp, dampen, tone down
Broader	soften

dull > verb 4, perception
Meaning	Make numb or insensitive.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	numb, benumb, blunt
Broader	desensitize, desensitise

dull > verb 5, contact
Meaning	Make dull or blunt.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
Synonyms	blunt
Contrary	sharpen
Broader	change, alter, modify

dull > verb 6, change
Meaning	Become less interesting or attractive.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	pall
Broader	change
Nouns	dullard

dull > verb 7, change
Meaning	Make less lively or vigorous.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
Broader	weaken
Narrower	cloud

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