Dull

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1. Adjective form

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

2. Adjective form

Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

3. Adjective form

Insensible; unfeeling.

4. Adjective form

Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.

5. Adjective form

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.

6. Adjective form

Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.

7. Adjective form

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.

8. Verb

To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

9. Verb

To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.

10. Verb

To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

11. Verb

To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

12. Verb

To become dull or stupid.
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