Dull Meaning

There are 19 meaning(s) for word Dull

Meaning 1 : darkened with overcast

    Example : a dull sky

    Synonyms : leaden
Meaning 2 : make numb or insensitive

    Synonyms : benumb,  blunt,  numb
Meaning 3 : become less interesting or attractive

    Synonyms : pall
Meaning 4 : so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

    Example : a dull play,his competent but dull performance

    Synonyms : boring,  deadening,  ho-hum,  irksome,  slow,  tedious,  tiresome,  wearisome
Meaning 5 : slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

    Example : although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick

    Synonyms : dense,  dim,  dumb,  obtuse,  slow
Meaning 6 : being or made softer or less loud or clear

    Example : the dull boom of distant breaking waves

    Synonyms : muffled,  muted,  softened
Meaning 7 : deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

    Synonyms : damp,  dampen,  muffle,  mute,  tone down
Meaning 8 : not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

    Example : the dull thud

    Synonyms : thudding
Meaning 9 : make dull or blunt

    Example : Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge

    Synonyms : blunt
Meaning 10 : (of business) not active or brisk

    Example : business is dull (or slow)

    Synonyms : slow,  sluggish
Meaning 11 : become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

    Example : the varnished table top dulled with time

Meaning 12 : blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

    Example : a dull gaze,so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her

Meaning 13 : emitting or reflecting very little light

    Example : a dull glow,dull silver badly in need of a polish,a dull sky

Meaning 14 : lacking in liveliness or animation

    Example : 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

Meaning 15 : make dull in appearance

    Example : Age had dulled the surface

Meaning 16 : make less lively or vigorous

    Example : Middle age dulled her appetite for travel

Meaning 17 : not having a sharp edge or point

    Example : the knife was too dull to be of any use

Meaning 18 : not keenly felt

    Example : a dull throbbing,dull pain

Meaning 19 : (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

    Example : dull greens and blues

How to Pronounce Dull

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