dull - Meaning in Hindi

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dull - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of dull in English

dull adjective

1. (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

   Example

   • "dull greens and blues"
2. blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

   Examples

   • "a dull gaze"
   • "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"
3. not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

   Synonyms

   thudding

   Examples

   • "the dull thud"
   • "thudding bullets"
4. being or made softer or less loud or clear

   Synonyms

   muffled, muted, softened

   Examples

   • "muffled drums"
   • "muted trumpets"
   • "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"
   • "the muffled noises of the street"
5. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

   Synonyms

   boring, boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

   Examples

   • "a boring evening with uninteresting people"
   • "a dull play"
   • "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"
   • "his competent but dull performance"
   • "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
   • "tedious days on the train"
   • "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
   • "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"
   • "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"
6. lacking in liveliness or animation

   Examples

   • "a dull political campaign"
   • "a large dull impassive man"
   • "dull days with nothing to do"
   • "fell back into one of her dull moods"
   • "he was so dull at parties"
   • "how dull and dreary the world is"
7. not keenly felt

   Examples

   • "a dull throbbing"
   • "dull pain"
8. not having a sharp edge or point

   Example

   • "the knife was too dull to be of any use"
9. darkened with overcast

   Synonyms

   leaden

   Examples

   • "a dark day"
   • "a dull sky"
   • "the sky was leaden and thick"
10. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

    Synonyms

    dense, dim, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow

    Examples

    • "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"
    • "never met anyone quite so dim"
    • "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"
    • "worked with the slow students"
11. emitting or reflecting very little light

    Examples

    • "a dull glow"
    • "a dull sky"
    • "dull silver badly in need of a polish"
12. (of business) not active or brisk

    Synonyms

    slow, sluggish

    Examples

    • "a sluggish market"
    • "business is dull (or slow)"

dull verb

1. make less lively or vigorous

   Example

   • "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
2. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

   Synonyms

   damp, dampen, muffle, mute, tone down

3. make numb or insensitive

   Synonyms

   benumb, blunt, blunt, numb

   Example

   • "The shock numbed her senses"
4. make dull or blunt

   Synonyms

   blunt, blunt

   Example

   • "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
5. make dull in appearance

   Example

   • "Age had dulled the surface"
6. become less interesting or attractive

   Synonyms

   pall, pall

7. become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

   Example

   • "the varnished table top dulled with time"

Synonyms of dull

• pall
• blunt
• benumb, blunt, numb
• damp, dampen, muffle, mute, tone down
• slow, sluggish
• dense, dim, dumb, obtuse, slow
• leaden
• boring, deadening, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome
• muffled, muted, softened
• thudding

Antonyms of dull

sharpen, bright, sharp, lively

More matches for dull

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