Definition of dull

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Dull (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..

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Drowse :: Drowse (v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Glassy :: Glassy (a.) Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
Fulvous :: Fulvous (a.) Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown..
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..
Dismal :: Dismal (a.) Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place..
Duller :: Duller (n.) One who, or that which, dulls..
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate..
Tarnish :: Tarnish (a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color..
Clank :: Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink..
Dimness :: Dimness (n.) The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity..
Lumpish :: Lumpish (a.) Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.
Wax :: Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow..
Inexcitable :: Inexcitable (a.) Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid.
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension..
Fat-brained :: Fat-brained (a.) Dull of apprehension.
Sluggish :: Sluggish (a.) Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Prose :: Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase..
Buffle-headed :: Buffle-headed (a.) Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering..
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