Definitions for "Dull"
Insensible; unfeeling.
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.
Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
Keywords:  blunt, sharp, knife, willa, cather
Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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"
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
Keywords:  flavourless
flavourless.
Keywords:  bowling, listless, sanded, pours, baked
The surface of a ball after it has been sanded and/or cleaned and baked.
make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface"
Refers to the surface of a bowling ball appearing listless. In general a dull bowling ball is one in which the pours are open and clean.
An aroma, flavour or style that is unclear in the wine.
wine which has lost its limpidity and transparency Top of the page Early either a grape variety which ripens early or a wine which matures and develops rapidly
Keywords:  keenly, throbbing, felt, pain
not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"
A nonglossy finish supplied by coating: slightly smoother than matte. Also called suede and velour.
Keywords:  luster, sheen, leaf, little, fabric
Appearance of the leaf that is without sheen or luster.
refers to fabric with little or no luster on the surface.
Keywords:  badly, glow, sky, polish, emitting
emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
Keywords:  insensitive, numbed, shock, senses, her
make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
become less interesting or attractive
make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"