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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