dull
English Thesaurus
1. make less lively or vigorous (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | weaken, |
| definition | : | become weaker (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | cloud, |
| definition | : | make milky or dull (verb.change) |
2. become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | change, change, |
| definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
3. make dull in appearance (verb.contact)
4. make numb or insensitive (verb.perception)
5. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping (verb.perception)
| hypernym | : | soften, |
| definition | : | make (images or sounds) soft or softer (verb.perception) |
6. (of business) not active or brisk (adj.all)
| similar | : | inactive, |
| definition | : | lacking activity; lying idle or unused (adj.all) |
7. emitting or reflecting very little light (adj.all)
| similar | : | soft, subdued, |
| definition | : | not brilliant or glaring (adj.all) |
| also | : | unpolished, |
| definition | : | not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing (adj.all) |
8. (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted (adj.all)
| similar | : | unsaturated, |
| definition | : | (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted (adj.all) |
9. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (adj.all)
| similar | : | stupid, |
| definition | : | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity (adj.all) |
10. darkened with overcast (adj.all)
| similar | : | cloudy, |
| definition | : | full of or covered with clouds (adj.all) |
11. not having a sharp edge or point (adj.all)
| similar | : | blunt, |
| definition | : | used of a knife or other blade; not sharp (adj.all) |
| similar | : | edgeless, |
| definition | : | lacking a cutting edge (adj.all) |
| similar | : | unsharpened, |
| definition | : | not sharpened (adj.all) |
12. not keenly felt (adj.all)
| similar | : | deadened, |
| definition | : | made or become less intense (adj.all) |
13. lacking in liveliness or animation (adj.all)
| similar | : | bovine, |
| definition | : | dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox (adj.all) |
| similar | : | drab, dreary, |
| definition | : | lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise (adj.all) |
| similar | : | heavy, leaden, |
| definition | : | lacking lightness or liveliness (adj.all) |
| similar | : | humdrum, monotonous, |
| definition | : | tediously repetitious or lacking in variety (adj.all) |
| also | : | unanimated, |
| definition | : | not animated or enlivened; dull (adj.all) |
| also | : | spiritless, |
| definition | : | lacking ardor or vigor or energy (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | the quality of lacking interestingness (noun.attribute) |
14. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness (adj.all)
| similar | : | uninteresting, |
| definition | : | arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement (adj.all) |
15. being or made softer or less loud or clear (adj.all)
| similar | : | soft, |
| definition | : | (of sound) relatively low in volume (adj.all) |
16. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft (adj.all)
17. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility (adj.all)
| similar | : | insensitive, |
| definition | : | deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive (adj.all) |
18. become less interesting or attractive (verb.change)
| derivation | : | bore, dullard, |
| definition | : | a person who evokes boredom (noun.person) |
19. make dull or blunt (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | sharpen, |
| definition | : | make sharp or sharper (verb.contact) |
20. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | damper, muffler, |
| definition | : | a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | mute, |
| definition | : | a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | muffler, silencer, |
| definition | : | a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise (noun.artifact) |
21. (of business) not active or brisk (adj.all)
| derivation | : | sluggishness, |
| definition | : | the pace of things that move relatively slowly (noun.attribute) |
22. emitting or reflecting very little light (adj.all)
| antonym | : | bright, |
| definition | : | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dullness, dullness, |
| definition | : | a lack of visual brightness (noun.attribute) |
23. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dullness, obtuseness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being slow to understand (noun.cognition) |
24. darkened with overcast (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | a lack of visual brightness (noun.attribute) |
25. not having a sharp edge or point (adj.all)
| antonym | : | sharp, |
| definition | : | having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bluntness, dullness, |
| definition | : | without sharpness or clearness of edge or point (noun.attribute) |
26. not keenly felt (adj.all)
| antonym | : | sharp, |
| definition | : | keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | lack of sensibility (noun.attribute) |
27. lacking in liveliness or animation (adj.all)
| antonym | : | lively, |
| definition | : | full of life and energy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dullness, dullness, |
| definition | : | the quality of lacking interestingness (noun.attribute) |
28. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness (adj.all)
| derivation | : | boredom, ennui, tedium, |
| definition | : | the feeling of being bored by something tedious (noun.feeling) |
29. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | lack of sensibility (noun.attribute) |
30. become less interesting or attractive (verb.change)
| derivation | : | bore, dullard, |
| definition | : | a person who evokes boredom (noun.person) |
31. make dull or blunt (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | sharpen, |
| definition | : | make sharp or sharper (verb.contact) |
32. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | damper, muffler, |
| definition | : | a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | mute, |
| definition | : | a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | muffler, silencer, |
| definition | : | a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise (noun.artifact) |
33. (of business) not active or brisk (adj.all)
| derivation | : | sluggishness, |
| definition | : | the pace of things that move relatively slowly (noun.attribute) |
34. emitting or reflecting very little light (adj.all)
| antonym | : | bright, |
| definition | : | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dullness, dullness, |
| definition | : | a lack of visual brightness (noun.attribute) |
35. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dullness, obtuseness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being slow to understand (noun.cognition) |
36. darkened with overcast (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | a lack of visual brightness (noun.attribute) |
37. not having a sharp edge or point (adj.all)
| antonym | : | sharp, |
| definition | : | having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bluntness, dullness, |
| definition | : | without sharpness or clearness of edge or point (noun.attribute) |
38. not keenly felt (adj.all)
| antonym | : | sharp, |
| definition | : | keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | lack of sensibility (noun.attribute) |
39. lacking in liveliness or animation (adj.all)
| antonym | : | lively, |
| definition | : | full of life and energy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dullness, dullness, |
| definition | : | the quality of lacking interestingness (noun.attribute) |
40. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness (adj.all)
| derivation | : | boredom, ennui, tedium, |
| definition | : | the feeling of being bored by something tedious (noun.feeling) |
41. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | lack of sensibility (noun.attribute) |
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