dull
IPA: dˈʌɫ
noun
- A surname. of Scottish and German origin.
- A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.
verb
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
adjective
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- Sluggish, listless.
- Cloudy, overcast.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Heavy; lifeless; inert.
- (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
- Not clear, muffled. (of a noise or sound)
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Examples of "dull" in Sentences
- The anecdotes were dull.
- She is just prim and dull.
- He became dull and listless.
- The movie was boring and dull.
- Agree with the dullness of the buffalo face.
- The dull performance bored the whole audience.
- But the League's response was dull and sluggish.
- Adore the tiny, the insignificant, the dull, the ugly and the boring.
- The show is dull, boring, insipid and truthfully, sophoric and mundane.
- Wikipedia is dull, boring, insipid and truthfully, sophoric and mundane.