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Definition of Dull
| a. | 1. | Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. | | 2. | Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. | | 3. | Insensible; unfeeling. | | 4. | Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. | | 5. | Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror. | | 6. | Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert. | | 7. | Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day. | | v. t. | 1. | To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. | | 2. | To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like. | | 3. | To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. | | 4. | To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden. | | v. i. | 1. | To become dull or stupid. |
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