DULL
\dˈʌl], \dˈʌl], \d_ˈʌ_l]\
Definitions of DULL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
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(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"
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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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not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
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not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
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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"
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make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
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become less interesting or attractive
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become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"
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make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface"
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make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
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blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
By Princeton University
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make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
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deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping
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(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"
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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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not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
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not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
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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"
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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"
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make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
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become less interesting or attractive
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
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Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
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Insensible; unfeeling.
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Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
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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.
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Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
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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.
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To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
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To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
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To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
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To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
By Oddity Software
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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
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Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
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Insensible; unfeeling.
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Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
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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.
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Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
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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.
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To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
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To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
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To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
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To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
By Noah Webster.
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Slow of understanding or action; stupid; without sensibility; not bright or clear to the eye; blunt; not brisk or active; wearisome; cloudy.
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To take away the sharpness of; make stupid or heavy; tarnish.
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To become stupid; become dull or blunt; lose brightness.
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Dully, dulness, dullness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Slow of hearing, of learning, or of understanding: insensible: without life or spirit: slow of motion: drowsy: sleepy: sad: downcast: cheerless: not bright or clear: cloudy: dim, obscure: obtuse: blunt:- (comm.) little in demand.
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DULLY.
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DULLNESS or DULNESS.
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To make dull: to make stupid: to blunt: to damp: to cloud.
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To become dull.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Dulness.
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Stupid; slow; spiritless; dim; blunt.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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