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dull
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[ adjective ] emitting or reflecting very little light
Examples "a dull glow" "dull silver badly in need of a polish" "a dull sky" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)It gave the rubberized fabric a dull gleam , like metal . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] 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" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty looked at the children , his mouth slightly opened , his eyes dull . Related terms lively drab humdrum lackluster bovine heavy arid spiritless colorless unanimated dullness |
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[ adjective ] being or made softer or less loud or clear
Examples "the dull boom of distant breaking waves" "muffled drums" "the muffled noises of the street" "muted trumpets" Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)a dull boom and a throbbing echo . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
Examples "dull greens and blues" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The males are much duller . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples "a boring evening with uninteresting people" "the deadening effect of some routine tasks" "a dull play" "a ho-hum speaker" "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)I felt superior to the neighborhood friends I was leaving_behind , felt older than my years , and was full of compliments for myself as I headed into the subway that was carrying its packs of passengers out of_that dull borough and into the unstable , tantalizing excitement of Manhattan . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of business) not active or brisk
Examples "business is dull (or slow)" "a sluggish market" Related terms |
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[ verb ] become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
Examples "the varnished table top dulled with time" Used in print (Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)The pain dulled as he moved , and he steadied inside . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Examples "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 "dumb officials" Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Poirot and his counterparts are perfectly respectable people ; it is true that they are also extremely dull . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make dull in appearance
Examples "Age had dulled the surface" Used in print (Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)Jack_Frost is not really responsible_for this great seasonal spectacle ; in_fact , a freezing autumn dulls the blaze . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
Examples "a dull gaze" "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
Examples "the dull thud" "thudding bullets" "thumping feet on the carpeted stairs" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7912
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[ adjective ] not having a sharp edge or point
Examples "the knife was too dull to be of any use" Related terms |
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[ verb ] make numb or insensitive
Examples "The shock numbed her senses" Related terms |
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