Definition for Dull:

• Slow of hearing, of learning, or of understanding: insensible: without life or spirit: slow of motion: drowsy: sleepy: sad: downcast: cheerless: not bright or clear: cloudy: dim, obscure: obtuse: blunt:-( comm.) little in demand.

Synonyms for Dull:

• adj.

  •blind (adjective)
  • unperceptive.
  •blunt (adjective)
  • unsharpened,
  • pointless,
  • obtuse,
  • rounded,
  • unpointed,
  • blunt.
  •boring (adjective)
  • depressing,
  • tedious,
  • prosaic,
  • insipid,
  • wearisome,
  • tiresome,
  • monotonous,
  • mundane,
  • dreary,
  • commonplace,
  • dry,
  • boring,
  • humdrum,
  • uninteresting.
  •boring, uninteresting (adjective)
  • tame,
  • tiresome,
  • soporific,
  • tired,
  • unimaginative,
  • humdrum,
  • pointless,
  • dreary,
  • insipid,
  • dry,
  • commonplace.
  •colorless (adjective)
  • neutral,
  • toneless,
  • lusterless,
  • pale,
  • white,
  • faded,
  • lackluster,
  • bleached,
  • hueless,
  • colorless,
  • achromatic.
  •dark (adjective)
  • lightless,
  • dun.
  •darkish (adjective)
  • dim.
  •dead (adjective)
  • anesthetized.
  •drab, lackluster in effect on senses (adjective)
  • cold,
  • dun,
  • faded,
  • ashen,
  • muffled,
  • mousy,
  • dingy,
  • somber,
  • leaden.
  •dull (adjective)
  • boorish,
  • besotted,
  • slow,
  • doltish,
  • dim,
  • cloddish,
  • dense,
  • lethargic,
  • sluggish,
  • sleepy,
  • obtuse,
  • bovine,
  • stupefied,
  • stupid,
  • comatose,
  • thick-witted,
  • soporific,
  • ponderous,
  • blunt,
  • apathetic,
  • benumbed,
  • drowsy,
  • loutish.
  •expressionless (adjective)
  • lusterless,
  • blank.
  •gray (adjective)
  • dreary,
  • dingy,
  • gun metal,
  • mousy,
  • iron-gray,
  • gray,
  • grizzled,
  • silvery,
  • lead-gray,
  • battleship-gray,
  • somber,
  • gloomy,
  • salt-and-pepper,
  • leaden,
  • neutral-tint,
  • mole-gray,
  • pearl-gray,
  • taupe,
  • drab,
  • ashen,
  • dapple-gray,
  • pearly,
  • smoky.
  •inactive (adjective)
  • supine,
  • benumbed.
  •inert (adjective)
  • inert.
  •insensitive (adjective)
  • languid,
  • callous,
  • inert,
  • slack,
  • flat,
  • lifeless,
  • monotonous,
  • listless,
  • insensible,
  • dead,
  • colorless,
  • torpid,
  • prosaic,
  • empty,
  • still,
  • quiet,
  • heavy,
  • apathetic,
  • blank.
  •lethargic (adjective)
  • languid,
  • dopey,
  • languorous,
  • apathetic,
  • insensible,
  • slow,
  • unhurried,
  • leaden,
  • torpid,
  • lifeless,
  • tired,
  • lethargic,
  • lackadaisical,
  • hebetudinous,
  • slothful,
  • sluggish,
  • benumbed,
  • drugged,
  • leisurely,
  • drooping,
  • lumpish,
  • indolent,
  • phlegmatic,
  • lymphatic,
  • lazy,
  • listless.
  •non-resonant (adjective)
  • muffled,
  • silenced,
  • dead,
  • Damped,
  • deadened,
  • flat,
  • non-resonant,
  • mute.
  •not sharp (adjective)
  • blunt,
  • unpointed,
  • unsharpened.
  •numb (adjective)
  • deadened,
  • drugged,
  • narcotized,
  • dazed,
  • insensitive,
  • anesthetized,
  • desensitized,
  • numb,
  • stupefied.
  •senseless (adjective)
  • dead,
  • senseless,
  • anesthetized,
  • soporific,
  • callous,
  • aloof,
  • numb,
  • narcotic,
  • insensible,
  • oblivious,
  • insensitive,
  • unconscious,
  • faint,
  • unfeeling,
  • comatose,
  • unperceptive,
  • trance-like,
  • blacked out,
  • insentient,
  • swooning.
  •slow-witted (adjective)
  • slow-witted.
  •uneventful (adjective)
  • slothful.
  •unimaginative (adjective)
  • prosaic.
  •unintelligent (adjective)
  • wearisome,
  • tedious,
  • dim,
  • obtuse,
  • boring,
  • doltish,
  • indolent,
  • slow,
  • stupid,
  • stolid,
  • sluggish,
  • dense,
  • besotted.

• n.

  •
  • dun.
  •
  • stolid,
  • unimaginative,
  • slow-witted,
  • wooden,
  • unintelligent.
  •
  • drown.
  •dull (noun)
  • deadened,
  • boring,
  • tiresome,
  • mute,
  • dim,
  • numb,
  • damp,
  • heavy,
  • tone down,
  • dampen,
  • flat,
  • bovine,
  • wearisome,
  • slow,
  • mat,
  • lusterless,
  • muffled,
  • blunt,
  • drab,
  • gray,
  • lackluster,
  • muffle,
  • humdrum,
  • sluggish,
  • monotonous,
  • obtuse,
  • tedious,
  • leaden,
  • benumb,
  • dreary,
  • uninteresting,
  • insensitive,
  • unsharpened,
  • dense.
  •grayness (noun)
  • dullness,
  • Silveriness,
  • ashiness,
  • mousiness,
  • Smokiness,
  • dreariness,
  • gloominess,
  • iron-grayness,
  • leadenness,
  • somberness,
  • drabness,
  • pearliness,
  • dapple-grayness,
  • grayness,
  • dinginess.

• v.

  •blunt (verb)
  • soften,
  • diminish.
  •bore (verb)
  • fatigue,
  • weary,
  • annoy,
  • tranquilize,
  • sedate,
  • tire,
  • bore.
  •disable (verb)
  • cripple,
  • lame,
  • enfeeble,
  • hamper,
  • invalidate,
  • stun,
  • vitiate,
  • impair,
  • screw up,
  • handicap,
  • prostrate,
  • sap,
  • hinder,
  • hobble,
  • anesthetize,
  • deaden,
  • benumb,
  • weaken,
  • tamper,
  • stupefy,
  • scotch,
  • incapacitate,
  • neutralize,
  • disarm,
  • disable,
  • hamstring,
  • abrogate,
  • undermine,
  • botch,
  • cramp,
  • paralyze.
  •numb (verb)
  • desensitize,
  • daze,
  • narcotize,
  • drug.
  •quiet (verb)
  • quiet,
  • silence,
  • muffle,
  • turn down,
  • still.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Hebetate,
  • slow-witted.
  •
  • blank.
  •
  • wooden,
  • drown.
  •barren
  • unimaginative.
  •brownish
  • dun.
  •dim
  • turn down.
  •numb
  • obtund.
  •whiten
  • grizzled.
  •Other relevant words:
  • mat,
  • vacant,
  • subdue,
  • empty,
  • suppress,
  • lymphatic,
  • unintelligent,
  • obdurate,
  • throttle,
  • cushion,
  • tame,
  • take the edge off,
  • wooden,
  • repress,
  • dampen,
  • unimaginative,
  • slack,
  • hebetudinous,
  • dry-as-dust,
  • Lethargical,
  • deafen,
  • leaded,
  • choke,
  • phlegmatical,
  • logy,
  • damp,
  • stolid,
  • exanimate,
  • cold,
  • dun,
  • slow-witted,
  • fishy,
  • tarnish,
  • glassy,
  • heavy,
  • lightless,
  • obtund,
  • droopy,
  • deadpan,
  • smother,
  • stop,
  • supine,
  • blank,
  • kill,
  • Hebetate,
  • inert,
  • stifle,
  • tone down,
  • unpoetical,
  • drown.

Antonyms for Dull:

• adj.

  • all
    bright, lively, sharp.
  • boring, uninteresting
    pleasant, happy.
  • drab, lackluster in effect on senses
    brilliant, distinct, excited, apparent, rough, hopeful, cheerful, visible, good.
  • insensitive
    energetic, spirited, agitated, satisfied, filled, full, alert.
  • not sharp
    dishonest.
  • unintelligent
    eventful, clear, quick, keen, interesting, fast, intelligent, light, sensitive, pointed, luminous, exciting, vivacious, witty, sharp, serrated, smart, lustrous, cognizant, active, bright, knifelike, lively.
  • Other antonyms:
    erudite, informed, sonorous, shimmery, spikelike, Lacerating, dyed, tantalizing, earsplitting, clamorous, vibrant, plangent, rousing, splashy, scholarly, bright as a new penny, brazen, resplendent, tinted, enlivening, flashy, moving, needlelike, sensible, lit, silklike, garish, illumined, logical, spellbinding, touching, cunning, illuminated, glimmering, sapient, Gemmy, pure, sedulous, shellacked, shrewd, scintillant, shrill, jabbing, crashing, roaring, squealing, invigorating, obstreperous, stained, springy, saturated, blasting, noisy, ringing, sane, discordant, showy, educated, foxy, tinged, painted, varnished, sunshiny, booming, satin, glazed, sparkling, shimmering, valid, highbrow, blaring, vociferous, trained, clarion, well-read, knowledgeable, wily, beguiling, gaudy, resourceful, slippery, stentorian, mesmerizing, grating, percipient, thundering, dark, harsh, resounding, prickly, learned, suspenseful, deep, raucous, schooled, spiky, sensational, strident, cerebral, clangorous, spiked, jagged, cloudless, provocative, silver, reverberant, Overloud, sound, vivid, spectacular, surprising, spiny, sheeny, Dinning, skilled, animating, thunderous, sunlit, silvern, energizing, hardworking, literate, deafening, scratching, zippy, rich, Self-luminous.

Homophones for Dull:

• deathly, dole, deli, dial, dahlia, delilah, dottily, doily, dawdle, daylily, doyly, delhi, do well, delay, daily, dhal, dill, deal, dle, diddle, dol, dl, diol, Daedal, dalo, dali, dal, dell, dowdily, duly, dail, dahl, dally, doll, dale, dowel, doodle, dottle, deadly, death toll, dhole, dual, duel, dwell, dulle, dolly, doyley, doddle, day lily, dalea, douala, detail.

Hypernym for Dull:

• v.

  • change
    cloud.

Hyponym for Dull:

• v.

  • change
    weaken, change.
  • contact
    alter, change, modify.