Letters that make dull
d, l, u are letters that make 'dull'
Words within dull
Ull are words within 'dull'
d, l, u are letters that make 'dull'
Ull are words within 'dull'
19 possible definitions for 'dull'
Under this definition, dull is a verb and has the following properties:
'dull' can be a type of weaken.
cloud is a type of dull.
"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
Under this definition, dull is a verb and has the following properties:
pall has the same meaning as dull
'dull' can be a type of change.
Under this definition, dull is a verb and has the following properties:
blunt has the same meaning as dull
sharpen has the opposite meaning of dull
"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
Under this definition, dull is a verb and has the following properties:
'dull' can be a type of desensitize, desensitise.
Under this definition, dull is a verb and has the following properties:
'dull' can be a type of soften.
Under this definition, dull is a verb and has the following properties:
"Age had dulled the surface"
Under this definition, dull is a verb and has the following properties:
'dull' can be a type of change.
"the varnished table top dulled with time"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
dullness is a derivative of dull.
insensitive is similar to dull.
"a dull gaze", "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
thudding has the same meaning as dull
unreverberant, nonresonant are similar to 'dull'.
"the dull thud", "thudding bullets"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
soft is similar to dull.
"the dull boom of distant breaking waves", "muffled drums", "the muffled noises of the street", "muted trumpets"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
boring, slow, tedious, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, tiresome, wearisome have the same meaning as 'dull'
boredom, ennui, dullness, insipidity, boringness, dreariness, insipidness, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness are derivatives of 'dull'.
uninteresting is similar to dull.
"a boring evening with uninteresting people", "the deadening effect of some routine tasks", "a dull play", "his competent but dull performance", "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention", "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke, "tedious days on the train", "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain, "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
lively has the opposite meaning of dull
dullness is an attribute of dull.
dullness is a derivative of dull.
drab, leaden, heavy, lackluster, lacklustre, desiccate, monotonous, lusterless, lustreless, dreary, humdrum, arid, desiccated, bovine are similar to 'dull'.
"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"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
sharp has the opposite meaning of dull
dullness is a derivative of dull.
deadened is similar to dull.
"a dull throbbing", "dull pain"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
sharp has the opposite meaning of dull
dulled, blunt, blunted, edgeless, unsharpened are similar to 'dull'.
"the knife was too dull to be of any use"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
leaden has the same meaning as dull
dullness is a derivative of dull.
cloudy is similar to dull.
"a dark day", "a dull sky", "the sky was leaden and thick"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
clumsiness, slow-wittedness, slowness, ineptitude, denseness, retardation, dullness, obtuseness, awkwardness, mental retardation, backwardness, subnormality, dumbness, ineptness, maladroitness are derivatives of 'dull'.
stupid is similar to dull.
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him", "never met anyone quite so dim", "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray, "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions", "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse", "worked with the slow students"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
dullness is a derivative of dull.
unsaturated is similar to dull.
"dull greens and blues"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
bright has the opposite meaning of dull
luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminousness, light, luminance are attributes of 'dull'.
dullness is a derivative of dull.
matted, matt, subdued, flat, mat, matte, lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless, soft are similar to 'dull'.
"a dull glow", "dull silver badly in need of a polish", "a dull sky"
Under this definition, dull is an adjective and has the following properties:
'dull' can be a category of commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business.
sluggishness is a derivative of dull.
inactive is similar to dull.
"business is dull (or slow)", "a sluggish market"