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Definitions for Dull

[1] not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
[2] causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting: a dull sermon.
[3] not lively or spirited; listless.
[4] not bright, intense, or clear; dim: a dull day; a dull sound.
[5] having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity of color.
[6] slow in motion or action; not brisk; sluggish: a dull day in the stock market.
[7] mentally slow; lacking brightness of mind; somewhat stupid; obtuse.
[8] lacking keenness of perception in the senses or feelings; insensible; unfeeling.
[9] not intense or acute: a dull pain.
[10] to make or become dull.
[11] slow to think or understand; stupid
[12] lacking in interest
[13] lacking in perception or the ability to respond; insensitive
[14] lacking sharpness; blunt
[15] not acute, intense, or piercing
[16] (of weather) not bright or clear; cloudy
[17] not active, busy, or brisk
[18] lacking in spirit or animation; listless
[19] (of colour) lacking brilliance or brightness; sombre
[20] not loud or clear; muffled
[21] med (of sound elicited by percussion, esp of the chest) not resonant
[22] to make or become dull

Words related to Dull

tedious, dim, slow, simple, boring, stupid, dumb, sluggish, flat, quiet, lifeless, listless, placid, dry, humdrum, repetitive, dreary, tame, dismal, tiresome

Words nearby Dull

dulcimer, dulcinea, dulcitol, dulcy, dulia, dull, dull as dishwater, dull knife, dull-witted, dullard, dulles

Origin of Dull

1200–50; Middle English; akin to Old English dol foolish, stupid; cognate with German toll

Other words from Dull

dull·ness , dul·ness , noun
dul·ly , adverb
un·dulled , adjective

Word origin for Dull

Old English dol; related to Old Norse dul conceit, Old High German tol foolish, Greek tholeros confused

Synonyms for Dull

boring, dim, dumb, simple, slow, sluggish, stupid, tedious, addled, low, shallow, backward, besotted, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim-witted, doltish, feeble-minded, half-baked, ignorant, imbecilic, indolent, insensate, moronic, not bright, numskulled, obtuse, scatterbrained, simple-minded, stolid, thick, unintellectual, vacuous, wearisome, witless