meaning of dull
1. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
2. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
3. Insensible; unfeeling.
4. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
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.
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.
8. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
9. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
10. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
11. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
12. To become dull or stupid.
13. make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for
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