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dull

UK /dʌl/adjective1. lacking interest or excitementyour diet doesn't have to be dull and boring▪(archaic) (of a person) feeling bored and dispiritedshe said she wouldn't be dull and lonely2. lacking brightness, vividness, or sheenhis face glowed in the dull lamplighthis black hair looked dull▪(of the weather) overcast; gloomynext morning dawned dull▪(of sound) not clear; muffleda dull thud of hooves▪(of pain) indistinctly felt; not acutethere was a dull pain in his lower jaw▪(of an edge or blade) bluntwhen cutting hard rock the edge soon became dull▪(of activity) sluggish or slow-movingshares closed weaker after a day of dull trading3. (of a person) slow to understand; stupidthe voice of a teacher talking to a rather dull child▪ (archaic) (of a person's senses) not perceiving things distinctlyverbmake or become dull or less intense(with object) time dulls the memory(no object) Albert's eyes dulled a little

Old English dol ‘stupid’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dol ‘crazy’ and German toll ‘mad, fantastic, wonderful’

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