dulness

dull

D0419000 (dŭl)adj. dull·er, dull·est 1. a. Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring: a dull movie.b. Not brisk or rapid; sluggish: Business has been dull.2. Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt: a dull knife.3. a. Not intensely or keenly felt: a dull ache.b. Not bright, vivid, or shiny: a dull brown; a glaze with a dull finish.c. Cloudy or overcast: a dull sky.d. Not clear or resonant: a dull thud.4. Intellectually weak or obtuse; stupid.5. Lacking responsiveness or alertness; insensitive: half-asleep and dull to the noises in the next room.6. Dispirited; depressed: a dull mood.tr. & intr.v. dulled, dull·ing, dulls To make or become dull.

[Middle English dul; akin to Old English dol.]

dull′ish adj.dull′ness, dul′ness n.dul′ly adv.Synonyms: dull, colorless, drab¹, humdrum, lackluster, pedestrian, stodgy, uninspired
These adjectives mean lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise: a dull, uninteresting performance; a colorless and unimaginative person; a drab and boring job; a humdrum conversation; a lackluster life; a pedestrian movie plot; a stodgy dinner party; an uninspired lecture.Antonym: lively

Thesaurus

dullness

also dulness
noun1. A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity:hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, leadenness, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, stupor, torpidity, torpor.2. A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest:asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, sterility, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness, weariness.

Translations

单词	dulness
释义	dulness dull D0419000 (dŭl)adj. dull·er, dull·est 1. a. Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring: a dull movie.b. Not brisk or rapid; sluggish: Business has been dull.2. Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt: a dull knife.3. a. Not intensely or keenly felt: a dull ache.b. Not bright, vivid, or shiny: a dull brown; a glaze with a dull finish.c. Cloudy or overcast: a dull sky.d. Not clear or resonant: a dull thud.4. Intellectually weak or obtuse; stupid.5. Lacking responsiveness or alertness; insensitive: half-asleep and dull to the noises in the next room.6. Dispirited; depressed: a dull mood.tr. & intr.v. dulled, dull·ing, dulls To make or become dull. [Middle English dul; akin to Old English dol.] dull′ish adj.dull′ness, dul′ness n.dul′ly adv.Synonyms: dull, colorless, drab¹, humdrum, lackluster, pedestrian, stodgy, uninspired These adjectives mean lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise: a dull, uninteresting performance; a colorless and unimaginative person; a drab and boring job; a humdrum conversation; a lackluster life; a pedestrian movie plot; a stodgy dinner party; an uninspired lecture.Antonym: lively Thesaurus dullness also dulness noun1. A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity:hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, leadenness, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, stupor, torpidity, torpor.2. A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest:asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, sterility, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness, weariness. Translations EncyclopediaSeedull
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