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dull Definition
(a)
lacking
in
liveliness
or
animation
; "
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
"
(a)
emitting
or
reflecting
very
little
light
; "
a
dull
glow
"; "
dull
silver
badly
in
need
of
a
polish
"; "
a
dull
sky
"
(a)
not
keenly
felt
; "
a
dull
throbbing
"; "
dull
pain
"
(a)
not
having
a
sharp
edge
or
point
; "
the
knife
was
too
dull
to
be
of
any
use
"
(s)
being
or
made
softer
or
less
loud
or
clear
; "
the
dull
boom
of
distant
breaking
waves
"; "
muffled
drums
"; "
the
muffled
noises
of
the
street
"; "
muted
trumpets
"
(s)
so
lacking
in
interest
as
to
cause
mental
weariness
; "
a
boring
evening
with
uninteresting
people
"; "
the
deadening
effect
of
some
routine
tasks
"; "
a
dull
play
"; "
his
competent
but
dull
performance
"; "
a
ho
-
hum
speaker
who
couldn
''
t
capture
their
attention
";
(s) (
of
color
)
very
low
in
saturation
;
highly
diluted
; "
dull
greens
and
blues
"
(s)
slow
to
learn
or
understand
;
lacking
intellectual
acuity
; "
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
mak
(s) (
of
business
)
not
active
or
brisk
; "
business
is
dull
(
or
slow
)"; "
a
sluggish
market
"
(s)
blunted
in
responsiveness
or
sensibility
; "
a
dull
gaze
"; "
so
exhausted
she
was
dull
to
what
went
on
about
her
"-
Willa
Cather
(s)
not
clear
and
resonant
;
sounding
as
if
striking
with
or
against
something
relatively
soft
; "
the
dull
thud
"; "
thudding
bullets
"
(s)
darkened
with
overcast
; "
a
dark
day
"; "
a
dull
sky
"; "
a
gray
rainy
afternoon
"; "
gray
clouds
"; "
the
sky
was
leaden
and
thick
"
(v)
make
dull
in
appearance
; "
Age
had
dulled
the
surface
"
(v)
become
dull
or
lusterless
in
appearance
;
lose
shine
or
brightness
; "
the
varnished
table
top
dulled
with
time
"
(v)
deaden
(
a
sound
or
noise
),
especially
by
wrapping
(v)
make
numb
or
insensitive
; "
The
shock
numbed
her
senses
"
(v)
make
dull
or
blunt
; "
Too
much
cutting
dulls
the
knife
''
s
edge
"
(v)
become
less
interesting
or
attractive
(v)
make
less
lively
or
vigorous
; "
Middle
age
dulled
her
appetite
for
travel
"
dull Synonyms
benumb
blunt
boring
damp
dampen
deadening
dense
dim
dull
dumb
gray
grey
ho-hum
irksome
leaden
muffle
muffled
mute
muted
numb
obtuse
pall
slow
sluggish
softened
tedious
thudding
tiresome
tone down
wearisome
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