dull
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dull/dʌl/
▶adjective
- 1 lacking interest or excitement.
- 2 not bright or shiny.
■ (of the weather) overcast.
- 3 slow to understand.
■ slow-moving.
- 4 indistinctly felt or heard.
– derivatives
dullish adjective,
dullness (also dulness) noun,
dully /ˈdʌlˌli/ adverb.
dullish adjective,
dullness (also dulness) noun,
dully /ˈdʌlˌli/ adverb.
– origin OE dol ‘stupid’, of Gmc origin.
'dull' also found in these Oxford entries:
absurd
- ache
- amblyopia
- anodyne
- blear
- bleary
- blunt
- bore
- brute
- buff
- carnelian
- clunk
- colourless
- dead
- desert
- doldrums
- dolt
- dour
- dowdy
- drab
- dreary
- drudge
- dullard
- dun
- dunt
- fade
- flat
- glaucous
- grey
- grind
- gunmetal
- hack
- hebetude
- herald
- humdrum
- jejune
- kaka
- khaki
- lacklustre
- lamer
- leaden
- loganberry
- logy
- lowlight
- matt
- meatball
- mouldy
- mouse
- mousy
