Overview of verb dull

The verb dull has 7 senses

• dull -- (make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface")


• dull -- (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time")


• muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down -- (deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)


• numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")


• dull, blunt -- (make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge")


• pall, dull -- (become less interesting or attractive)


• dull -- (make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel")

Overview of adj dulled

The adj dulled has 3 senses

• dulled, benumbed -- (having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond")


• blunted, dulled -- (made dull or blunt)


• dulled, greyed -- (deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road")