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English Idioms :: dull
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dull - See: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY. |
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Traditional English :: dull
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dull - adj. & v. --adj. 1 slow to understand; stupid.
2 tedious; boring.
3 (of the weather) overcast; gloomy.
4 a (esp. of a knife edge etc.) blunt. b (of colour, light, sound, or taste) not bright, vivid, or keen.
5 (of a pain etc.) usu. prolonged and indistinct; not acute (a dull ache).
6 a (of a person, an animal, trade, etc.) sluggish, slow-moving, or stagnant. b (of a person) listless; depressed (he's a dull fellow since the accident).
7 (of the ears, eyes, etc.) without keen perception. --v.tr. & intr. make or become dull. dull the edge of make less sensitive, interesting, effective, amusing, etc.; blunt. dullish adj. dullness n. (also dulness). dully adv. [ME f. MLG, MDu. dul, corresp. to OE dol stupid] |
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Related Words
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away
day
make
moment
that
ticking
up
pain
chief
knife
college
brown
stomach
ice
flower
kerry
all
work
no
play
jack
boy
right
side
skin
nevr
never
polish
lee
tommy
chest
tool
keith
color
thud
witted
memorial
cause
kidney
headache
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Most Often Usage
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away day dull make moment that ticking up
dull pain
chief dull knife college
dull brown
dull pain stomach
dull ice flower
dull kerry
all work and no play make jack a dull boy
dull in pain right side
dull skin
nevr dull
never dull polish
dull lee moment never tommy
dull chest pain
dull tool
dull keith
brown color dull
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