Meaning of 'dull'

adjective

(of business) not active or brisk

Example: "business is dull (or slow)"

Synonyms: slow

adjective

emitting or reflecting very little light

Example: "a dull glow"

adjective

(of color) very low in saturation

adjective

slow to learn or understand

Synonyms: slow

adjective

darkened with overcast

Synonyms: leaden

adjective

not having a sharp edge or point

Example: "the knife was too dull to be of any use"

adjective

not keenly felt

Example: "a dull throbbing"

adjective

lacking in liveliness or animation

Example: "They were so dull at parties."

adjective

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Synonyms: slow

adjective

being or made softer or less loud or clear

Example: "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"

Synonyms: muffled

adjective

not clear and resonant

Synonyms: thudding

adjective

blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

Example: "a dull gaze"

verb

make less lively or vigorous

Example: "Middle age dulled my appetite for travel."

verb

become dull or lusterless in appearance

verb

become less interesting or attractive

Synonyms: pall

verb

make dull in appearance

Example: "Age had dulled the surface"

verb

make dull or blunt

Example: "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

verb

make numb or insensitive

Synonyms: numb blunt benumb

verb

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Synonyms: mute damp muffle dampen tone down