dull
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1.3
- adjective
- /dʌl/
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aburrido
- Once again, the Camry is competent but dull, satisfactory but boring.
- dull and boring
- dull and uninteresting
- too dull
No spark, no urgency, just a quiet dull sense of meh.
- No spark, no urgency, just a quiet dull sense of meh.
- And so they're terribly dull to listen to someone recite.
- You can't praise them with a sort of dull, robotic tone in your voice.
- I thought it would be dull, but I loved it.
- You make yourself as disengaged, as forgettable, and as dull as a grey rock.
- Which I think is probably responsible for more dull television than any other single thing.
- But we're encouraged to have very lame, dull stuff because advertisers accept it more.
- All, all work and no play make Jack a dull boy, the dull boy, the shining, the shining.
- Without humour, you know, it's pretty dull world.
- He wasn't the referee, but that game was a really dull nil, nil draw by all accounts.
- But it's, you know, some of it can be so perfunctory and so dull if you're not careful.
Examples
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But this man had a weary patience, a dull acceptance that made him seem gentle.
Fiction book (1991) -
Being a policeman can be a dull profession.
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I thought it would be dull, but I loved it.
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Which I think is probably responsible for more dull television than any other single thing.
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It's never a dull day around here.
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This looks so flat and dull and lifeless.
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It sounds really dull, but it was far from that.
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Or do they seem, for the most part, dull, uninterested, even bored?
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Finally, mental and physical exhaustion drove her into a dull lethargy in which nothing seemed to matter.
Fiction book (1990) -
The lecture was so dull that many students fell asleep.
Synonyms
721
1.0
Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
324
2.0
Not active or busy, with fewer customers than usual
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4.4
Not lively and often weak in taste or sound
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4.4
Boring and repetitive, making you feel mentally tired
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
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4.1
Making you bored, annoyed, or mentally tired
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2.8
A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features
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6.1
Dull and showing little energy
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4.2
Not bright or colorful and not lively
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4.4
Not active or growing, for example in business
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1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
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3.7
Not exciting or interesting
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3.6
Without energy or interest and making people feel bored
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7.1
Not having special or interesting features so it does not stand out
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7.9
Not interesting or lively and often boring
14
4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
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5.3
Something that is boring because it has no variety
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6.2
Showing little interest or enthusiasm
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6.5
Not exciting and having little variety
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7.9
Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement
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3.5
Not interesting or exciting
5
8.1
Not interesting and making you feel bored
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3.2
Not interesting or exciting
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7.0
Makes you feel tired or bored because it is repetitive
2
7.4
Not interesting or lively and often boring
Not bright in color and not very interesting
Causes people to lose interest because it is dull
Not causing strong feelings or interest
Boring and not interesting to think about or feel
Very boring and hard to pay attention to
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Etymology
The word dull comes from an old English word meaning 'slow' or 'stupid', and is related to dolt. Because 'slow' suggests low energy, 'dull' also came to mean 'boring' or 'not exciting'.