dull
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1. dull - Adjective
2. dull - Verb
4. dull - Adjective Satellite
5. Dull - Proper noun
Meaning
Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.
Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
To become dull or stupid.
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Drama is life with the dull parts cut out of it.
Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
A dull ass near home trots without the stick.
Too much bed makes a dull head.