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UK
/dˈʌl/
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[ US /ˈdəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈdəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
thudding bullets
the dull thud -
(of business) not active or brisk
a sluggish market
business is dull (or slow) -
being or made softer or less loud or clear
the dull boom of distant breaking waves
muted trumpets
muffled drums
muted trumpets
the muffled noises of the street -
lacking in liveliness or animation
fell back into one of her dull moods
a dull political campaign
he was so dull at parties
a large dull impassive man
dull days with nothing to do
how dull and dreary the world is -
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her
a dull gaze -
not keenly felt
a dull throbbing
dull pain -
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
dull greens and blues -
not having a sharp edge or point
the knife was too dull to be of any use -
emitting or reflecting very little light
dull silver badly in need of a polish
a dull sky
a dull sky
a dull glow -
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a dull play
tedious days on the train
the tiresome chirping of a cricket
his competent but dull performance
other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
the deadening effect of some routine tasks
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
a boring evening with uninteresting people -
darkened with overcast
the sky was leaden and thick
a dark day
a dull sky
a dark day
a dull sky -
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
worked with the slow students
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
never met anyone quite so dim
so dense he never understands anything I say to him
VERB
-
make dull in appearance
Age had dulled the surface -
make dull or blunt
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge - become less interesting or attractive
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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make numb or insensitive
The shock numbed her senses -
make less lively or vigorous
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel -
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
the varnished table top dulled with time
How To Use dull In A Sentence
- Simply smooth a little on your face at night, lie back and say goodbye to dull and lifeless skin. The Sun
- If you think of a piece of hair as a pencil, the medulla is the graphite, the cortex is the wood, and the paint on the outside is the cuticle. The Tenth Circle
- For the viewer or the reader, this can be a pleasant experience, a feeling of ease, without boredom or dullness.
- Thank you for making learning not a dull thing but a great joy.
- Threadbare patches in her fur and mane shone dull against the her tawny pelt.
- `The knife severed the spinal cord just where it enters the medulla. WITHOUT REMORSE
- I never kept a diary when I was growing up but I did receive them as Christmas presents and loved the idea of documenting my daily and dull doings.
- Instead, his dull eyes flicked disinterestedly from ice house to ice house, noting the plume of smoke drifting from each.
- If you thought weather systems were dull, this is the man to set you right. Times, Sunday Times
- In addition to the unique single vascular system, these new specimens exhibit a distinct six ridged external shape, and an integumentary morphology shared by no other medullosan ovules.