Dull - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dʌl|  American pronunciation of the word dull
Brit.  |dʌl|  British pronunciation of the word dull

verb

- make dull in appearance
Age had dulled the surface
- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
the varnished table top dulled with time
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping (syn: damp, dampen, muffle, mute, tone down)
- make numb or insensitive (syn: benumb, blunt, numb)
- make dull or blunt (syn: blunt)
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
- become less interesting or attractive (syn: pall)
- make less lively or vigorous
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel

adjective

- being or made softer or less loud or clear (syn: muffled, muted, softened)
the dull boom of distant breaking waves
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness (syn: boring, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome)
a dull play
his competent but dull performance
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
dull greens and blues
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (syn: dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow)
although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
- (of business) not active or brisk (syn: slow, sluggish)
business is dull (or slow)
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
a dull gaze
so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
the dull thud
- darkened with overcast (syn: leaden)
a dull sky

Extra examples

...the dull knife just bounced off the skin of the tomato without cutting it...

Fog dulled the morning sunlight.

Special earplugs dulled the sound of the chain saw.

His hair dulled as he aged.

The dog's eyes dulled as he got sick.

She takes medicine to dull the pain.

Fear dulled his need for adventure.

The knife was dulled from use.

The blade should be replaced as soon as it dulls.

I got a dull and ill paced horse.

The sky was a dull grey now.

It'll be dull today.

When other people were merry, Mrs. Varden was dull.

This being the dull season, we arranged terms at about half price.

Weep, weeping dulls the inward pain.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: dull
he/she/it: dulls
present participle: dulling
past tense: dulled
past participle: dulled
adjective
comparative: duller
superlative: dullest
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