Definition of dull

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Dull (v. t.) To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

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Vapid :: Vapid (a.) Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood..
Inexpressive :: Inexpressive (a.) Without expression or meaning; not expressive; dull; unintelligent; as, an inexpressive countenance..
Medullary :: Medullary (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla..
Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..
Metencephalon :: Metencephalon (n.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air..
Hebetude :: Hebetude (n.) Dullness; stupidity.
Muddle :: Muddle (n.) A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness..
Insulse :: Insulse (a.) Insipid; dull; stupid.
Dully :: Dully (adv.) In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
Prosaical :: Prosaical (a.) Dull; uninteresting; commonplace; unimaginative; prosy; as, a prosaic person..
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.
Matting :: Matting (n.) A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc..
Augmentative :: Augmentative (n.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive..
Dull-browed :: Dull-browed (a.) Having a gloomy look.
Slow :: Slow (superl.) Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull..
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.
Torpid :: Torpid (a.) Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
Muddy :: Muddy (v. t.) Fig.: To cloud; to make dull or heavy.
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