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dulladjective lacking sharpness of edge or pointthe dull knife just bounced off the skin of the tomato without cutting it blunt, blunted, dulled, obtuse dullishrounded, smootheven, flat, flattened, level cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, pointed, sharp, sharpened, whetted jagged, needlelike, prickly, spiked, spikelike, spiky(also spikey), spinyjabbing, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbingultrasharp causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interesta dull dance recital that made us wish that we were someplace else arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying aseptic, barren, blah, dullish, pleasureless, prosaic, prosy, soggy, spiritlessblank, earthbound, gray(also grey), inanimate, pallid, pedantic, sterile, suspenseless, undramatic, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacularannoying, bothersome, irksome, irritatinglongsomepallingdraining, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, wearingdebilitating, enfeeblingdemoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiritingcommon, commonplace, ordinary, tepid, unexceptional, unsurprising, vapidcumbersome, lumbering, plodding, poky(or pokey) absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous(or marvellous), sensational, spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrousanimating, breathtaking, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, hair-raising, inspiring, invigorating, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrillingamusing, diverting, entertainingmoving, poignant, touchingalluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinatingmesmerizing, spellbindingsuspensefularresting, provocative, tantalizing covered over by cloudsdull skies plagued most of our vacation days at the beach beclouded, clouded, cloudy, hazed, hazy, heavy, lowering(also louring), overcast, overclouded bedimmed, befogged, blackened, darkened, darksome, dim, dimmed, dulled, dusky, misty, murky, obscure, obscured, overshadowedsunlessblack, bleak, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, funereal, gloomy, glum, gray(also grey), sepulchral, somber(or sombre), sullen clear, cloudless sunlit, sunny, sunshinybrightened, brilliant, dazzling, illuminated, illumined, lit(or lighted), lightened, radiant, shiny lacking a surface luster or glossa good polish should restore that car's dull finish dim, dulled, flat, lusterless, matte(also mat or matt) tarnished, unpolishedcloudy, dingy, dirty, drab, lackluster, mousy(or mousey), muddygray(also grey), leaden, pale, palishblack, dark, darkened, darkish, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber(or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous glossy, lustrous, shiny, sleek buffed, burnished, glazed, lacquered, polished, rubbed, shellacked, varnishedsatin, satinysilken, silkyslick, slipperygemmy, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glittering, scintillating, shimmering, shining, sparkling, twinklingbeaming, bedazzling, bright, brightened, brilliant, candescent, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining lacking intensity of colorthat canvas shirt should fade to an attractive, dull red over time dulled, faded, light, pale, pastel, washed-out, washy flat, lackluster, lusterless, matte(also mat or matt)dim, faintdirty, muddyachromatic, colorless, uncolored, undyed, unpainted, unstainedblanched, bleached, washed, white, whitenedgray(also grey), indistinct, neutral dark, deep, gay, rich bright, brilliant, vibrant, vividchromatic, colored, dyed, painted, stained, tinged, tintedcolorful, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, prismatic, rainbow, varicolored, variegatedflashy, garish, gaudy, loud, showy, splashy not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readilythe importance of the discovery was lost on the dull minds of his colleagues airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey(also dopy), dorky(slang), dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless(chiefly British), half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain(or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless cretinous, feebleminded, simplemindedboobish, foolish, idiotic(also idiotical), imbecile(or imbecilic), moronicignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinkingabsurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dippy, dotty, featherheaded, fool, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky(also kookie), loony(also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, tomfool, unwise, wacky(also whacky), zanyfallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart ingenious, resourcefulacute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wisecerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-readeducated, informed, schooled, skilled, trainedcrafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wilyjudicious, prudent, sane, sensible, soundlogical, rational, reasonable, valid not loud in pitch or volumea dull roar from the distance gentle, low, quiet, soft dead, silent, stillcalm, dreamy, hushed, peaceful, restful, serene, soothing, stilly, tranquilmuffled, muted, softened, toned (down) blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous, clangorous, deafening, earsplitting, loud, overloud, piercing, plangent, resounding, ringing, roaring, sonorous, stentorian, thundering, thunderous brazen, crashing, dinning, discordant, noisy, obstreperous, raucous, rip-roaring, vociferousgrating, harsh, shrill, squealing, stridentclarion, clear, trumpetlike slow to move or acta dull market for luxury goods this holiday season inactive, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpid ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardlydormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, stilldeaddopey(also dopy), druggedasleep, drowsy, somnambulantcatatonic, comatose active busy, engaged, occupied, workinganimated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippyassiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous to reduce or weaken in strength or feelingthe aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better benumb, blunt, cauterize, damp, dampen, deaden, numb muffle, mute, tone (down)decrease, diminish, lessen, let up (on), lower, reduce, subduedebilitate, enfeeble, weakendwindle, recede, subside, taper (off), wanealleviate, ease, lightenabate, moderate sharpen, whet amplify, augment, beef (up), boost, consolidate, deepen, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify, redouble, step up, strengthenanimate, arouse, stimulate to make white or lighter by removing colorthe painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time blanch, bleach, blench, decolorize, fade, pale, snow, wash out, whiten brighten, lightendim, mat(also matte or matt)etiolatewhitewashfrost, silver darken, deepen, embrown blackenblotch, checker, dapple, daub, discolor, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, shade, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, streak, striate, stripe, tarnish, variegatecolor, dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tintburnish, polish, shine adj.dull, blunt, obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute.dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency.a dull pain a dull mind blunt suggests an inherent lack of sharpness or quickness of feeling or perception.a person of blunt sensibility obtuse implies such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination.too obtuse to take the hint Cf. stupid. in the 13th century |