Dull

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring.
  • adjective. Not brisk or rapid; sluggish.
  • adjective. Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Not intensely or keenly felt.
  • adjective. Not bright, vivid, or shiny.
  • adjective. Cloudy or overcast.
  • adjective. Not clear or resonant.
  • adjective. Intellectually weak or obtuse; stupid.
  • adjective. Lacking responsiveness or alertness; insensitive.
  • adjective. Dispirited; depressed.
  • transitive & intransitive verb . To make or become dull.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A noose of string or wire used to snare fish; usually, a noose of bright copper wire attached by a short string to a stout pole.
  • To fish with a dull: as, to dull for trout.
  • To make dull, stupid, heavy, insensible, etc.; lessen the vigor, activity, or sensitiveness of; render inanimate; damp: as, to dull the wits; to dull the senses.
  • To render dim; sully; tarnish or cloud: as, the breath dulls a mirror.
  • To make less sharp or acute; render blunt or obtuse: as, to dull a knife or a needle.
  • To make less keenly felt; moderate the intensity of: as, to dull pain.
  • To become dull or blunt; become stupid.
  • To become calm; moderate: as, the wind dulled, or dulled down, about twelve o'clock.
  • To become deadened in color; lose brightness.
  • Stupid; foolish; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding: as, a lad of dull intellect.
  • Heavy; sluggish; drowsy; inanimate; slow in thought, expression, or action: as, a surfeit leaves one dull; a dull thinker; a dull sermon; a dull stream; trade is dull.
  • Wanting sensibility or keenness; not quick in perception: as, dull of hearing; dull of seeing.
  • Sad; melancholy; depressed; dismal.
  • Not pleasing or enlivening; not exhilarating; causing dullness or ennui; depressing; cheerless: as, dull weather; a dull prospect.
  • Gross; inanimate; insensible.
  • Not bright or clear; not vivid; dim; obscure: as, a dull fire or light; a dull red color; the mirror gives a dull reflection.
  • Not sharp or acute; obtuse; blunt: as, a dull sword; a dull needle.
  • Not keenly felt; not intense: as, a dull pain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
  • transitive verb. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
  • transitive verb. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
  • transitive verb. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
  • adjective. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
  • adjective. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
  • adjective. Insensible; unfeeling.
  • adjective. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
  • adjective. Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim
  • adjective. Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
  • adjective. Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; ; hence, cloudy; overcast.
  • intransitive verb. To become dull or stupid.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
  • adjective. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
  • adjective. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster.
  • adjective. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
  • verb. To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
  • verb. To soften, moderate or blunt.
  • verb. To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.