Wanting in lustre or brightness: originally of the eyes, countenance, etc., after Shakespeare.

Without colour or brightness. Of colour, etc.: Without brightness, dull, lustreless. (See also dead colour, n.)

Dim or dull.

Of a surface, finish, etc.: without lustre, dull; unpolished. Of a paint, varnish, etc.: imparting a dull finish.

Not lustrous; = unlustrous, adj.

Not lustrous.

Without gloss or lustre.

without glisten.

Without sheen.