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

  • Noah says brilliant it puts alot of fun in dull things
  • October 13, 2009 at 12: 51 am. .and OMG how boring and dull is Lucie?!
  • "It is so what you call dull, Sir John," she protested in her coquettish way.
  • "I don't know what you call dull," replied the old man, as if half offended at the suggestion.
  • It has been called "the dull product of a scoffer's pen"; it is indeed the "product of a scoffer's pen"; but after reading the Excursion, few people will think it _dull_.
  • Inventor Thomas Edison, who gave us the light bulb and other inventions 1,093 patents that ushered in the 20th century, was called dull by a grade school teacher who believed that Edison had no ability to learn.

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