dull
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～ not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
dull
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～ lacking in liveliness or animation; "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"
dull
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～ so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "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"
dull
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～ (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"
dull
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～ (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
dull
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～ blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
dull
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～ slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "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"
dull
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～ emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
dull
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～ not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
dull
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～ not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
dull
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～ darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
dull
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～ being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"
dullard
— Noun
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～ a person who evokes boredom
dullard
— Noun
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～ a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
dulled
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～ having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond"
dulles
— Noun
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～ United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)
dullness
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～ lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."