Definitions
of dull
1. [adj] - blunted in responsiveness or sensibility 2. [adj] - not clear and resonant 3. [adj] - being or made softer or less loud or clear 4. [adj] - lacking in liveliness or animation 5. [adj] - not keenly felt 6. [adj] - not having a sharp edge or point 7. [adj] - darkened with overcast 8. [adj] - (of color) very low in saturation 9. [adj] - emitting or reflecting very little light 10. [adj] - (of business) not active or brisk 11. [v] - make dull or blunt, as of sharp edges or knives' blades 12. [v] - make dull in appearance 13. [v] - become dull or lusterless in appearance 14. [v] - make less lively or vigorous
Quotes
- Example use of the word dull1. Middle age dulled her appetite for travel 2. lose shine or brightness, as of a varnished surface 3. Age had dulled the surface 4. business is dull (or slow) 5. a sluggish market 6. a dull glow 7. dull silver badly in need of a polish 8. a dull sky 9. highly diluted 10. dull greens and blues 11. a dark day 12. a dull sky 13. a gray rainy afternoon 14. gray clouds 15. the sky was leaden and thick 16. the knife was too dull to be of any use 17. a dull throbbing 18. dull pain 19. he was so dull at parties 20. a dull political campaign 21. a large dull impassive man 22. dull days with nothing to do 23. how dull and dreary the world is 24. fell back into one of her dull moods 25. the dull boom of distant breaking waves 26. muffled drums 27. the muffled noises of the street 28. muted trumpets 29. sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft 30. the dull thud 31. thudding bullets 32. thumping feet on the carpeted stairs 33. a dull gaze 34. so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her- Willa Cather
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