dull
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dull (comparative duller, superlative dullest)
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- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- All these knives are dull.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.
- When does having a dull personality ever get you a girlfriend? Even if you get one, how does being dull help you keep a relationship for over a year?
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster.
- Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
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- See also Wikisaurus:boring
- See also Wikisaurus:stupid
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[edit] Translations
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp
Boring
Not shiny
Not bright or intelligent
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to dull (third-person singular simple present dulls, present participle dulling, simple past and past participle dulled)
- (transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- Years of misuse have dulled the tools.
- (transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt.
- He drinks to dull the pain.
- (intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- A razor will dull with use.
[edit] Translations
(transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp
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(transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt
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(intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull
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[edit] External links
- dull in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- dull in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
