Definition of duller

	Definition of dull is the dictionary form of duller Definition of dull dull has definitions from the field of color
1	[ adjective ] emitting or reflecting very little light Examples "a dull glow" "dull silver badly in need of a polish" "a dull sky"
2	[ 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"
3	[ adjective ] being or made softer or less loud or clear Synonyms muffled softened muted Examples "the dull boom of distant breaking waves" "muffled drums" "the muffled noises of the street" "muted trumpets"
4	[ adjective ] (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted Examples "dull greens and blues"
5	[ adjective ] so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness Synonyms boring tedious wearisome irksome tiresome slow ho-hum deadening 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
6	[ adjective ] (of business) not active or brisk Synonyms sluggish slow Examples "business is dull (or slow)" "a sluggish market"
7	[ verb ] become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness Examples "the varnished table top dulled with time"
8	[ adjective ] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity Synonyms dumb slow obtuse dim dense 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"
9	[ verb ] make dull in appearance Examples "Age had dulled the surface"
10	[ adjective ] not keenly felt Examples "a dull throbbing" "dull pain"
11	[ adjective ] blunted in responsiveness or sensibility Examples "a dull gaze" "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
12	[ adjective ] not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft Synonyms thumping thudding Examples "the dull thud" "thudding bullets" "thumping feet on the carpeted stairs"
13	[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7912
14	[ verb ] make dull or blunt, as of sharp edges or knives' blades Synonyms blunt
15	[ adjective ] darkened with overcast Synonyms gray leaden grey Examples "a dark day" "a dull sky" "a gray rainy afternoon" "gray clouds" "the sky was leaden and thick"
16	[ adjective ] not having a sharp edge or point Examples "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
17	[ verb ] make numb or insensitive Synonyms benumb blunt numb Examples "The shock numbed her senses"
18	[ verb ] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping Synonyms mute damp dampen tone_down muffle
19	[ verb ] become less interesting or attractive Synonyms pall
20	[ verb ] make less lively or vigorous Examples "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
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