dull
duhl
- v make dull in appearance
Age had dulled the surface - v become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
the varnished table top dulled with time - v deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- v make numb or insensitive
- v make dull or blunt
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge - v become less interesting or attractive
- v make less lively or vigorous
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel - a 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 - a emitting or reflecting very little light
a dull glow
dull silver badly in need of a polish
a dull sky - s being or made softer or less loud or clear
the dull boom of distant breaking waves - s so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
a dull play
his competent but dull performance - s (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
dull greens and blues - a not keenly felt
a dull throbbing
dull pain - s slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray - s (of business) not active or brisk
business is dull (or slow) - a not having a sharp edge or point
the knife was too dull to be of any use - s blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
a dull gaze
so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather - s not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
the dull thud - s darkened with overcast
a dull sky
- Both books cite studies, surveys, statistics, along with some hair-raising anecdotes, on how a rising tide of dull, useless assignments is oppressing families and making kids hate .
- A physicist by training, Merkel can sometimes seem dull.
- How dull is that? Not at all, if it can "change the world," as he claims with a subversive glint in his eye.