dull
adjective
- 1
(of business) not active or brisk
business is dull (or slow)
a sluggish market
- 2
emitting or reflecting very little light
a dull glow
dull silver badly in need of a polish
- 3
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
dull greens and blues
- 4
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
never met anyone quite so dim
- 5
darkened with overcast
a dark day
a dull sky
verb
- 1
make less lively or vigorous
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel
- 2
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
the varnished table top dulled with time
- 3
become less interesting or attractive
- 4
make dull in appearance
Age had dulled the surface
- 5
make dull or blunt
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
- 6
make numb or insensitive
The shock numbed her senses
- 7
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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