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; …

Oct 13, 2009Β Β· To make dull, stupid, heavy, insensible, etc.; lessen the vigor, activity, or sensitiveness of; render inanimate; damp: as, to dull the wits; to dull the senses.

DULL definition: 1. not interesting or exciting in any way: 2. not clear, bright, or shiny: 3. (of weather, sky…. Learn more.

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To dull something means to take away its edge, its energy, or its excitement. "Watching that movie will dull your senses, until you fall asleep."

Dull implies a lack or a loss of keenness or sharpness: a dull razor or saw. Blunt may mean the same or may refer to an edge or point not intended to be keen or sharp: a blunt or stub pen; a blunt foil.

dull, blunt, obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute. dull suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency.

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