Meaning of dull in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.

  Example: Years of misuse have dulled the tools.

• To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.

  Example: He drinks to dull the pain.

• To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.

  Example: A razor will dull with use.

• To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

adjective

• Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

  Example: All these knives are dull.

• Boring; not exciting or interesting.

  Example: He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.

• Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.

  Example: Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.

• Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.

• Sluggish, listless.

• Cloudy, overcast.

  Example: It's a dull day.

• Insensible; unfeeling.

• Heavy; lifeless; inert.

• (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.

  Example: Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.

• (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.