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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")