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duller definition
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Overview of adj dull The adj dull has 12 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (5) dull -- (lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods") 2. (5) dull -- (emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky") 3. (2) dull, muffled, muted, softened -- (being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets") 4. (2) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome") 5. (2) dull -- ((of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues") 6. (1) dull -- (not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain") 7. (1) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow -- (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students") 8. (1) dull, slow, sluggish -- ((of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market") 9. dull -- (not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use") 10. dull -- (blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather) 11. dull, thudding, thumping -- (not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"; "thumping feet on the carpeted stairs") 12. dull, gray, grey, leaden -- (darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick") Antonyms of adj dull 12 senses of dull Sense 1 dull (vs. lively) lively (vs. dull) => alive(prenominal) => bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy => breezy => bubbly => bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly => burbling, burbly, effusive, gushing => live => warm Sense 2 dull (vs. bright) bright (vs. dull) => agleam, gleaming, nitid => aglow(prenominal), glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous => aglitter(prenominal), fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(postnominal), sparkly => beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike => beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent => blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary => blinking => brilliant => flashing => glimmering, glimmery => glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining => iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent => lurid => noctilucent => shimmering(postnominal), shimmery => shining => silver, silvern, silvery => twinkling(postnominal) => bright as a new penny(prenominal) => ardent => shining Sense 3 dull, muffled, muted, softened INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> loud Sense 4 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting Sense 5 dull INDIRECT (VIA unsaturated) -> saturated, pure Sense 6 dull (vs. sharp) sharp (vs. dull) => acute, intense => cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating => fulgurating => scratching => salt Sense 7 dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart Sense 8 dull, slow, sluggish INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active Sense 9 dull (vs. sharp) sharp (vs. dull) => carnassial => cutting => edged => incisive, piercing => keen => knifelike => penetrative, penetrating => sharpened Sense 10 dull INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive Sense 11 dull, thudding, thumping INDIRECT (VIA unreverberant) -> reverberant, ringing Sense 12 dull, gray, grey, leaden INDIRECT (VIA cloudy) -> clear Similarity of adj dull 12 senses of dull Sense 1 dull (vs. lively) => bovine => drab, dreary => heavy, leaden => humdrum, monotonous => lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless => arid, desiccate, desiccated Also See-> colorless#1, colourless#1; spiritless#1; unanimated#1 Sense 2 dull (vs. bright) => flat, mat, matt, matte, matted => lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless Also See-> unpolished#1 Sense 3 dull, muffled, muted, softened => soft (vs. loud) Sense 4 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome => uninteresting (vs. interesting) Sense 5 dull => unsaturated (vs. saturated) Sense 6 dull (vs. sharp) => deadened Sense 7 dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow => stupid (vs. smart) Sense 8 dull, slow, sluggish => inactive (vs. active) Sense 9 dull (vs. sharp) => blunt => blunted, dulled => edgeless => unsharpened Sense 10 dull => insensitive (vs. sensitive) Sense 11 dull, thudding, thumping => unreverberant (vs. reverberant), nonresonant Sense 12 dull, gray, grey, leaden => cloudy (vs. clear) Attributes of adj dull 2 of 12 senses of dull Sense 1 dull (vs. lively) => dullness, dulness Sense 2 dull (vs. bright) => luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light Familiarity of adj dull dull used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 12) Grep of adj dull dull dulled Overview of adj dull The adj dull has 12 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (5) dull -- (lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods") 2. (5) dull -- (emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky") 3. (2) dull, muffled, muted, softened -- (being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets") 4. (2) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome") 5. (2) dull -- ((of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues") 6. (1) dull -- (not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain") 7. (1) dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow -- (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students") 8. (1) dull, slow, sluggish -- ((of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market") 9. dull -- (not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use") 10. dull -- (blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather) 11. dull, thudding, thumping -- (not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"; "thumping feet on the carpeted stairs") 12. dull, gray, grey, leaden -- (darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick")
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