dull

Definition for dull

adjective as in unintelligent

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boring, dim, dumb, simple, slow, sluggish, stupid

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backward, besotted, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim-witted, doltish, feeble-minded, half-baked, ignorant, imbecilic, indolent, insensate, moronic, not bright, numskulled, obtuse, scatterbrained, simple-minded, stolid, thick, unintellectual, vacuous, wearisome, witless

adjective as in insensitive

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boring, flat, lifeless, listless, placid, quiet, slow, sluggish

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accustomed, blank, callous, depressed, empty, even, slack, still

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apathetic, colorless, dead, heavy, impassible, inactive, indifferent, inert, insensible, jejune, languid, lumpy, monotonous, passionless, prosaic, regular, routine, spiritless, stagnant, stolid, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, unsympathetic, usual, vacuous

adjective as in boring, uninteresting

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dismal, dreary, dry, flat, humdrum, ordinary, repetitive, stale, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, uninspiring

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abused, driveling, plain, stock, tired

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archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, familiar, hackneyed, heavy, ho-hum, hoary, insipid, jejune, longwinded, mid, monotonous, oft-repeated, out-of-date, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, trite, unimaginative, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out

adjective as in not sharp

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flat

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blunt, blunted, round, square

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edentate, edentulate, edgeless, not keen, obtuse, pointless, toothless, unpointed, unsharpened

adjective as in uneventful

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boring, flat, lifeless, listless, placid, quiet, slow, sluggish, tight

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accustomed, depressed, even, slack, still, yawn

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apathetic, blah, dead, draggy, falling-off, inactive, inert, languid, monotonous, regular, routine, sitting tight, slothful, stagnant, stolid, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, usual, without incident

adjective as in drab, lackluster in effect on senses

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cloudy, cold, dark, dim, dismal, flat, hazy, lifeless, muddy, muted, obscure, soft, somber, subdued

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black, blind, dun, faded, low, matte, muffled, overcast, plain, sober, softened

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ashen, colorless, dead, dingy, dusky, feeble, grimy, indistinct, leaden, mousy, murky, opaque, shadowy, sooty, subfusc, toned-down, unlit

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"Even if I can't play football again, even if I can't go for a run again, I don't want to have a dull, achy pain in my chest."

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