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muffled
muted
softened
boring
deadening
ho-hum
irksome
slow
tedious
tiresome
wearisome
dense
dim
dumb
obtuse
sluggish
muffle
mute
damp
dampen
dull
adj
lacking in liveliness or animation:
"he was so dull at parties"
emitting or reflecting very little light:
"a dull glow"
being or made softer or less loud or clear:
"the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness:
"a boring evening with uninteresting people"
(of color) very low in saturation:
highly diluted
not keenly felt:
"a dull throbbing"
slow to learn or understand:
lacking intellectual acuity
(of business) not active or brisk:
"business is dull (or slow)"
verb
make dull in appearance:
"Age had dulled the surface"
become dull or lusterless in appearance:
lose shine or brightness
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
make numb or insensitive:
"The shock numbed her senses"
make dull or blunt:
"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
become less interesting or attractive
make less lively or vigorous:
"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
WordNet 2.1 Copyright 2005 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.