Definitions for dull

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Spelling: [duhl]

IPA: /dʌl/

Dull is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in dull (dllu).

Definitions for dull

adjective

1. not sharp; blunt:
2. causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting:
3. not lively or spirited; listless.
4. not bright, intense, or clear; dim:
5. having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity of color.
6. slow in motion or action; not brisk; sluggish:
7. mentally slow; lacking brightness of mind; somewhat stupid; obtuse.
8. lacking keenness of perception in the senses or feelings; insensible; unfeeling.
9. not intense or acute:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become dull.

Origin of dull

1200-50; Middle English; akin to Old English dol foolish, stupid; cognate with German toll

Examples for dull

According to Mack, he nearly killed her, broke 18 of her bones and, “sawed much of my hair off with [a] dull knife.”

The work at Art Basel is often interesting, often dull, and disproportionately decorative in nature.

But the man appears so weary that I decide to skip the dull stuff and get to the heat.

As they approached it, the dull hue that lay upon it resembled that of the leaden sky.

I was quoted in The New York Times saying, ‘We dared to be dull’.

It is a curious question why sacred song should so often be dull and commonplace.

Andrew, looking from the dull glimmer of his fire to that dead waste, sighed.

"Yes," said Dick, staring in front of him and speaking in a dull, even voice.

The sarcasm was without effect on the dull sensibilities of the officer.

The Playlist, on the other hand, called it “too oblique, too delighted with itself, and frankly, too dull to admire…much.”