dull, adj.
freq. cnt. 19
freq. cnt. 19
emitting or reflecting very little light
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
dull
sample sentences
"a dull glow""dull silver badly in need of a polish"
"a dull sky"
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lacking in liveliness or animation
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
dull
sample sentences
"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"
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(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
dull
sample sentences
"dull greens and blues"
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so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
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boring deadening dull ho-hum irksome slow tedious tiresome wearisome
sample sentences
"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"
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being or made softer or less loud or clear
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2
dull muffled muted softened
sample sentences
"the dull boom of distant breaking waves""muffled drums"
"the muffled noises of the street"
"muted trumpets"
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(of business) not active or brisk
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dull slow sluggish
sample sentences
"business is dull (or slow)""a sluggish market"
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slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
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dense dim dull dumb obtuse slow
sample sentences
"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"
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not keenly felt
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dull
sample sentences
"a dull throbbing""dull pain"
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darkened with overcast
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dull leaden
sample sentences
"a dark day""a dull sky"
"the sky was leaden and thick"
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not having a sharp edge or point
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dull
sample sentences
"the knife was too dull to be of any use"
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not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
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dull thudding
sample sentences
"the dull thud""thudding bullets"
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blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
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dull
sample sentences
"a dull gaze""so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
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