dull

About 9.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

   All these knives are dull.

2. adjective Boring; not exciting or interesting.

   He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.

3. adjective Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.

   Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.

4. adjective Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
5. adjective Sluggish, listless.
6. adjective Bored, depressed, down.

   I felt dull all day.

7. adjective Cloudy, overcast.

   It's a dull day.

8. adjective Insensible; unfeeling.

Similar words

blunt ho-hum humdrum benumb sluggish uninteresting dumb drab numb lackluster

Often followed by

and red or as the in to green white

Word family

dulled duller dullest dulling dullness dullnesses dulls dully dulness dulnesses