dull
31dull — Not sharp or acute, in any sense; qualifying a surgical instrument, the action of the mind, pain, a sound (especially the percussion note), etc. [M.E. dul] * * * dull dəl adj 1) …
32dull — 1. adjective /dʌl/ a) Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp. All these knives are dull. b) Boring; not exciting or interesting. He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake …
33Dull — You would say something that was no longer sharp was dull. We would say blunt. To us something is dull if it is boring. It can apply to things like a film could be dull. It also applies to people I can think of several people who are dull! …
34dull — adj. & v. adj. 1 slow to understand; stupid. 2 tedious; boring. 3 (of the weather) overcast; gloomy. 4 a (esp. of a knife edge etc.) blunt. b (of colour, light, sound, or taste) not bright, vivid, or keen. 5 (of a pain etc.) usu. prolonged and… …
35dull — See: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY …
36dull — See: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY …
37dull — [13] Dull originally meant ‘slow witted’. It was borrowed from Middle Low German dul, a descendant of the prehistoric Germanic adjective *dulaz, which also produced German toll and Old English dol ‘stupid’ (the Old English adjective does not seem …
38dull — See: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy …
39dull — adjective 1》 lacking interest or excitement. 2》 not bright or shiny. ↘(of the weather) overcast. 3》 slow to understand. ↘slow moving. 4》 indistinctly felt or heard. verb make or become dull. Derivatives dullish adjective dullness (also… …
40dull — adj 1. unintelligent, witless, slow witted, dull witted; stolid, obtuse, crass, Boeotian, bovine, blockish, lumpish; dense, thick headed, Inf. thick, slow, stupid, Brit., Australian Inf. dill, Scot, and North Eng. dowf; backward, doltish, Sl.… …
