Definition of dull

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Dull (superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

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Prosy :: Prosy (superl.) Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
Depression :: Depression (n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness..
Lumpish :: Lumpish (a.) Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.
Inert :: Inert (a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..
Muddy-mettled :: Muddy-mettled (a.) Dull-spirited.
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.
Thick :: Thick (superl.) Dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing..
Earthy :: Earthy (a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture..
Stupidity :: Stupidity (n.) The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.
Hebetate :: Hebetate (a.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point.
Obtund :: Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall..
Besot :: Besot (v. t.) To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
Notochord :: Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock..
Dull-sighted :: Dull-sighted (a.) Having poor eyesight.
Drowse :: Drowse (v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Duller :: Duller (n.) One who, or that which, dulls..
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
Bore :: Bore (n.) A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.
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