Definition of dull

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Dull (superl.) Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.

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Besot :: Besot (v. t.) To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate.
Beef-witted :: Beef-witted (n.) Stupid; dull.
Blockheaded :: Blockheaded (a.) Stupid; dull.
Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..
Hebetation :: Hebetation (n.) The state of being blunted or dulled.
Torpor :: Torpor (n.) Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties..
Lobcock :: Lobcock (n.) A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob..
Calipash :: Calipash (n.) A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle..
Dun :: Dun (a.) Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
Wade :: Wade (v. i.) Hence, to move with difficulty or labor; to proceed /lowly among objects or circumstances that constantly /inder or embarrass; as, to wade through a dull book..
Mope :: Mope (n.) A dull, spiritless person..
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..
Prosy :: Prosy (superl.) Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
Dullness :: Dullness (n.) The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness..
Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc..
Fogy :: Fogy (n.) A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old..
Chrysoprase :: Chrysoprase (n.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc..
Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..
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