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Meaning Of Dull

  1. superl.
    Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
  2. superl.
    Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
  3. superl.
    Insensible; unfeeling.
  4. superl.
    Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
  5. superl.
    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. superl.
    Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
  7. superl.
    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. v. t.
    To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
  9. v. t.
    To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
  10. v. t.
    To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
  11. v. t.
    To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
  12. v. i.
    To become dull or stupid.



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