dull


Meanings

  • make dull in appearance;
    • "Age had dulled the surface"
  • become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;
    • "the varnished table top dulled with time"
  • deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
  • make numb or insensitive;
  • make dull or blunt;
    • "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
  • become less interesting or attractive
  • make less lively or vigorous;
    • "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
  • 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"
  • emitting or reflecting very little light;
    • "a dull glow"
    • "dull silver badly in need of a polish"
    • "a dull sky"
  • being or made softer or less loud or clear;
    • "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
  • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
    • "a dull play"
    • "his competent but dull performance"
  • (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;
    • "dull greens and blues"
  • not keenly felt;
    • "a dull throbbing"
    • "dull pain"
  • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
    • "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
  • (of business) not active or brisk;
    • "business is dull (or slow)"
  • not having a sharp edge or point;
    • "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
  • blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; - Willa Cather
    • "a dull gaze"
    • "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"
  • not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;
    • "the dull thud"
  • darkened with overcast;
    • "a dull sky"
  • DULL adj DULLER, DULLEST mentally slow
  • DULL v -ED, -ING, -S to make less sharp


Scrabble Score: 5

dull is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

dull is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

dull is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 8

dull is a valid Words With Friends word