Definitions For Dull
verb
- Make less lively or vigorous
- Become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- Become less interesting or attractive
- Make dull in appearance
- Make dull or blunt
- Make numb or insensitive
- Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
adjective
- (of business) not active or brisk
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- Darkened with overcast
- So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- Being or made softer or less loud or clear
- Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
adjective
- Emitting or reflecting very little light
- Not having a sharp edge or point
- Not keenly felt
- Lacking in liveliness or animation
noun
- To become or cause (something) to become less clear, distinct, bright, or shiny
- To make (something, such as a feeling) less sharp, strong, or severe
- To become or cause (something, such as a knife or blade) to become less sharp
Is Dull a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
8
The word Dull is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Dull in a Sentence
- The dull roar of the crowd
- The dull knife just bounced off the skin of the tomato without cutting it
- Fog dulled the morning sunlight.
- Special earplugs dulled the sound of the chain saw.
- His hair dulled as he aged.
Synonyms for Dull
Antonyms for Dull
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