dull in English

adjective

1

lacking interest or excitement.

your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

synonyms: uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unrelieved, unvaried, unimaginative, uneventful, characterless, featureless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, unexciting, uninspiring, unstimulating, uninvolving, jejune, flat, bland, dry, stale, tired, banal, lackluster, ho-hum, stodgy, dreary, humdrum, mundane, mind-numbing, wearisome, tiring, tiresome, irksome, dullsville

2

lacking brightness, vividness, or sheen.

his face glowed in the dull lamplight

synonyms: drab, dreary, somber, dark, subdued, muted, lackluster, faded, washed out, muddy, dingy

3

(of a person) slow to understand; stupid.

the voice of a teacher talking to a rather dull child

synonyms: unintelligent, stupid, slow, witless, vacuous, empty-headed, stunned, brainless, mindless, foolish, idiotic, dense, dim, moronic, halfwitted, thick, dumb, dopey, dozy, bovine, slow on the uptake, wooden-headed, fat-headed

verb

1

make or become dull or less intense.

time dulls the memory

synonyms: lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, dampen, blunt, deaden, allay, ease, soothe, assuage, alleviate, numb, benumb, deaden, desensitize, stupefy, daze, darken, blacken, dim, veil, obscure, shadow, fog, dampen, lower, depress, crush, sap, extinguish, smother, stifle

adjective

uninteresting, boring, tedious, monotonous, unrelieved, unvaried, unimaginative, uneventful, characterless, featureless, colorless, lifeless, insipid, unexciting, uninspiring, unstimulating, uninvolving, jejune, flat, bland, dry, stale, tired, banal, lackluster, ho-hum, stodgy, dreary, humdrum, mundane, mind-numbing, wearisome, tiring, tiresome, irksome, dullsville
overcast, cloudy, gloomy, dark, dismal, dreary, somber, gray, murky, sunless
drab, dreary, somber, dark, subdued, muted, lackluster, faded, washed out, muddy, dingy
muffled, muted, quiet, soft, faint, indistinct, stifled, suppressed
blunt, unsharpened, edgeless, worn down
unintelligent, stupid, slow, witless, vacuous, empty-headed, stunned, brainless, mindless, foolish, idiotic, dense, dim, moronic, halfwitted, thick, dumb, dopey, dozy, bovine, slow on the uptake, wooden-headed, fat-headed
sluggish, lethargic, enervated, listless, languid, torpid, slow, sleepy, drowsy, weary, tired, fatigued, apathetic, dozy, dopey, yawny, logy
boring, irksome, wearisome, deadening, tiresome, tedious, slow, ho-hum
sluggish, slow
dense, obtuse, dim, dumb, slow
thudding
leaden
muffled, softened, muted

verb

lessen, numb, darken, dampen, blunt, mute, pall
lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, dampen, blunt, deaden, allay, ease, soothe, assuage, alleviate
numb, benumb, deaden, desensitize, stupefy, daze
darken, blacken, dim, veil, obscure, shadow, fog
dampen, lower, depress, crush, sap, extinguish, smother, stifle
blunt, numb, benumb
mute, tone down, muffle, damp, dampen
blunt
pall

Use "dull" in a sentence

1. He's dull.

2. Gods, you're dull.

3. My life is dull.

4. Business is deplorably dull.

5. It is a reputable if rather dull book, but Lord Derby was a dull man.

6. Dusty, dull, very boring.

7. Was it madly dull?

8. It is dull today.

9. No, it was dull.

10. The room is dull.

11. That was dull, wasn't it?

12. I am dull of hearing.

13. The conference was deadly dull.

14. 14 It is a reputable if rather dull book, but Lord Derby was a dull man.

15. I have a dull pain.

16. Begone, dull care! I prithee Begone from me! Begone, dull care! you and I shall never agree

17. Dull: Like Aching pain, dull discomfort occurs at a low level over a long period of time

18. It is never dull or static.

19. Your tunes have become rather dull.

20. His parents were dull and inarticulate.

21. The pain was dull but persistent.

22. His eyes looked dull, almost vacuous.

23. Her performance was dull and listless.

24. He had grown staid and dull.

25. Dull repetitious work gives no gratification.

26. Green, a dull gray or dun.

27. A dull pain a dull mind Blunt suggests an inherent lack of sharpness or quickness of feeling or perception

28. Aching: ( āk'ing ) A dull continuous pain

29. am I dull?/am i stupid?

30. It seemed so dull by comparison.

31. A clumsy dull person; a lout.

32. Lab work is dull and repetitious.

33. She felt middle-aged and dull.

34. How dull life was before Musgrove.

35. Her eyes looked dull and sunken.

36. I Abhor the dull routine of existence

37. How different to this dull, aching existence.

38. I abhor the dull routine of existence.

39. A dull attempt not to be honest?

40. And yet, it doesn't dull your courage.

41. Outside the weather was hazy and dull.

42. A dull red flush suffused Selby's face.

43. The countryside was flat, dull and uninteresting.

44. Blockish definition, like a block; dull; stupid

45. Shun the use of a dull monotone.

46. You think all reading is dull reading.

47. The dull rumble of traffic woke her.

48. Another dull thud behind his left knee.

49. Cloddish - heavy and dull and stupid. doltish

50. You all live long, dull, uninteresting lives.