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'

not keenly felt; a dull throbbing; dull pain'

not having a sharp edge or point; the knife was too dull to be of any use'

blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; a dull gaze; so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her- Willa Cather

not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; the dull thud; thudding bullets

[ Syn: thudding ]

darkened with overcast; a dark day; a dull sky; the sky was leaden and thick

[ Syn: leaden ]

being or made softer or less loud or clear; the dull boom of distant breaking waves; muffled drums; the muffled noises of the street; muted trumpets

[ Syn: muffled , muted , softened ]

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; a boring evening with uninteresting people; the deadening effect of some routine tasks; a dull play; his competent but dull performance; a ho-hum speaker who couldnt capture their attention; what an irksome task the writing of long letters is- Edmund Burke; tedious days on the train; the tiresome chirping of a cricket- Mark Twain; other peoples dreams are dreadfully wearisome

[ Syn: boring , deadening , ho-hum , irksome , slow , tedious , tiresome , wearisome ]

(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; dull greens and blues'

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; so dense he never understands anything I say to him; never met anyone quite so dim; although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick- Thackeray; dumb officials make some really dumb decisions; he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse; worked with the slow students

[ Syn: dense , dim , dumb , obtuse , slow ]

(of business) not active or brisk; business is dull (or slow); a sluggish market

[ Syn: slow , sluggish ]

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

[ Syn: muffle , mute , damp , dampen , tone down ]

make numb or insensitive; The shock numbed her senses

[ Syn: numb , benumb , blunt ]

make dull or blunt; Too much cutting dulls the knifes edge

[ Syn: blunt ]

become less interesting or attractive

[ Syn: pall ]

make less lively or vigorous; Middle age dulled her appetite for travel'