Dull

dulldull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. duller (?); p. pr. & vb. n. dulling.] 1. to deprive of sharpness of edge or point. "this dulled their swords." borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. 2. to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like. those [drugs] she has will stupefy and dull the sense a while. use and custom have so dulled our eyes. 3. to render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. "dulls the mirror." 4. to deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden. attention of mind wasted or dulled through continuance.dull dull (?), a. [compar. duller (?); superl. dullest.] [as. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, d. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, g. toll mad, goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. gr. &?; turbid, troubled, skr. dhvr to cause to fall. cf. dolt, dwale, dwell, fraud.] 1. slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. "dull at classical learning." she is not bred so dull but she can learn. 2. slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing. xiii. 15. o, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue. 3. insensible; unfeeling. think me not so dull a devil to forget the loss of such a matchless wife. -- beau. & fl. 4. not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. "thy scythe is dull." erbert. 5. not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror. 6. heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert. "the dull earth." as turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain. -- longfellow. 7. furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day. along life's dullest, dreariest walk. -- keble.   similar words(5) 

 dull-browed  dull-eyed  dull-brained  dull-witted  dull-sighted 

(v. t.)

To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.  

(v. t.)

To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.  

(v. t.)

To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.  

(v. t.)

To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.  

(v. i.)

To become dull or stupid.  

(superl.)

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.  

(superl.)

Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.  

(superl.)

Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.  

(superl.)

Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.  

(superl.)

Insensible; unfeeling.  

(superl.)

Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.  

(superl.)

Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.  

Verb1. make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface" (hypernym) change, alter, modify2. become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time" (hypernym) change3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping (synonym) muffle, mute, damp, dampen, tone down (hypernym) soften4. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" (synonym) numb, benumb, blunt (hypernym) desensitize, desensitise5. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" (synonym) blunt (antonym) sharpen (hypernym) change, alter, modify6. become less interesting or attractive (synonym) pall (hypernym) change (derivation) bore, dullard7. make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel" (hypernym) weaken (hyponym) cloudAdjective1. 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" (antonym) lively (similar) bovine (see-also) colorless, colourless (attribute) dullness, dulness2. emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" (antonym) bright (similar) flat, mat, matt, matte, matted (see-also) unpolished (attribute) luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light3. 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" (synonym) muffled, muted, softened (similar) soft4. 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" (synonym) boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome (similar) uninteresting5. (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues" (similar) unsaturated6. not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain" (antonym) sharp (similar) deadened7. 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" (synonym) dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow (similar) stupid8. (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" (synonym) slow, sluggish (similar) inactive (classification) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business9. not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use" (antonym) sharp (similar) blunt10. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- willa Cather (similar) insensitive11. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets" (synonym) thudding (similar) unreverberant, nonresonant12. darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick" (synonym) gray, grey, leaden (similar) cloudy

weather: gruamasubject: neamhshuimiúil

Dull = n. figure, shape, farm, manner; pattern

Anwybod = a. ignorant, dull

Echwyrth = a. sottish, dull

Mallwaew = n. a dull pain

Meredig = a. flat, torpid, dull

Pwl = a. blunt, obtuse; dull

Pylu = v. to blunt; to grow dull

Trybylog = a. dull

soothing

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very boring

v. jejHa', qetlh

guhf-, guhfik (boring); pas-, pasik (not sharp)

A sound or track with weak high frequencies; opposite of bright.

Dull is a village located in the county of Perth & Kinross in Scotland. situated in the highland part of the county, dull consists of a single street of houses on the north side of the valley of the River Tay. the place-name means 'meadow' in Gaelic. The parish church, unused since the 1970s , is on the site of an early Christian monastery founded by St Adomnán, abbot of Iona (d. 704). several early christian cross-slabs dating to the 7th or 8th century have been discovered in and around the parish graveyard. A slab carved with stylised warriors and horsemen in the pictish style, uncovered during grave-digging in the 19th century, is displayed in the Museum of Scotland.

bardus, stolidus, piger pigra pigrum

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County:  Perth and KinrossPost Code: PH15