English to English
adjective
- lacking in liveliness or animation
He was so dull at parties.
A dull political campaign.
A large dull impassive man.
Dull days with nothing to do.
How dull and dreary the world is.
Fell back into one of her dull moods.
source: WordNet 3.0
- emitting or reflecting very little light
A dull glow.
Dull silver badly in need of a polish.
A dull sky.
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- not keenly felt
A dull throbbing.
Dull pain.
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- not having a sharp edge or point
The knife was too dull to be of any use.
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- Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
The dull boom of distant breaking waves.
Muffled drums.
The muffled noises of the street.
Muted trumpets.
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- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
A boring evening with uninteresting people.
The deadening effect of some routine tasks.
A dull play.
His competent but dull performance.
A ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention.
What an irksome task the writing of long letters is.
Tedious days on the train.
The tiresome chirping of a cricket.
Other people's dreams are dreadfully wear.
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- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
Dull greens and blues.
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- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
So dense he never understands anything I say to him.
Never met anyone quite so dim.
Although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick.
Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions.
He was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse.
Worked with the slow students.
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- (of business) not active or brisk
Business is dull (or slow).
A sluggish market.
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- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
A dull gaze.
So exhausted she was dull to what went on about her.
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- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
The dull thud.
Thudding bullets.
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- darkened with overcast
A dark day.
A dull sky.
The sky was leaden and thick.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- make dull in appearance
Age had dulled the surface.
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- become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
The varnished table top dulled with time.
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- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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- make numb or insensitive
The shock numbed her senses.
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- make dull or blunt
Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge.
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- become less interesting or attractive
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- make less lively or vigorous
Middle age dulled her appetite for travel.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
source: Webster 1913
- To become dull or stupid.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [dal] Tigíl; dungô; ungas; malamlam; mapanglaw
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [dal] Matigilan; madungô; pumanglaw
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
