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Overview of verb dull
The verb dull has 7 senses
- dull -- (make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface")
- dull -- (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time")
- muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down -- (deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)
- numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")
- dull, blunt -- (make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge")
- pall, dull -- (become less interesting or attractive)
- dull -- (make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel")
Overview of adj dulled
The adj dulled has 3 senses
- dulled, benumbed -- (having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond")
- blunted, dulled -- (made dull or blunt)
- dulled, greyed -- (deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road")