King James Bible Dictionary

DULL, adjective [G.]

1. Stupid; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding; as a lad of dull genius.

2. Heavy; sluggish; without life or spirit; as a surfeit leaves a man very dull

3. Slow of motion; sluggish; as a dull stream.

4. Slow of hearing or seeing; as dull of hearing; dull of seeing.

5. Slow to learn or comprehend; unready; awkward; as a dull scholar.

6. Sleepy; drowsy.

7. Sad; melancholy.

8. Gross; cloggy; insensible; as the dull earth.

9. Not pleasing or delightful; not exhilarating; cheerless; as, to make dictionaries is dull work.

10. Not bright or clear; clouded; tarnished; as, the mirror is dull

11. Not bright; not briskly burning; as a dull fire.

12 Dim; obscure; not vivid; as a dull light.

13. Blunt; obtuse; having a thick edge; as a dull knife or ax.

14. Cloudy; overcast; not clear; not enlivening; as dull weather.

15. With seamen, being without wind; as, a ship has a dull time.

16. Not lively or animated; as a dull eye.

DULL, verb transitive

1. To make dull; to stupify; as, to dull the senses.

2. To blunt; as, to dull a sword or an ax.

3. To make sad or melancholy.

4. To hebetate; to make insensible or slow to perceive; as, to dull the ears; to dull the wits.

5. To damp; to render lifeless; as, to dull the attention.

6. To make heavy or slow of motion; as, to dull industry.

7. To sully; to tarnish or cloud; as, the breath dulls a mirror.

DULL, verb intransitive To become dull or blunt; to become stupid.

DULLARD, adjective Doltish; stupid.

DULLARD, noun A stupid person; a dot; a blockhead; a dunce.

DULL-BRAINED, adjective Stupid; of dull intellect.

DULL-BROWED, adjective Having a gloomy look.

DULL-DISPOSED, adjective Inclined to dullness or sadness.

DULLED, participle passive Made dull; blunted.

DULLER, noun That which makes dull.

DULL-EYED, adjective Having a downcast look.

DULL-HEAD, noun A person of dull understanding; a dolt; a blockhead.

DULLING, participle present tense Making dull.

DULLNESS, noun

1. Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the dullness of a student.

2. Want of quick perception or eager desire.

3. Heaviness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

4. Heaviness; disinclination to motion.

5. Sluggishness; slowness.

6. Dimness; want of clearness or luster.

7. Bluntness; want of edge.

8. Want of brightness or vividness; as dullness of color.

DULL-SIGHTED, adjective Having imperfect sigh; purblind.

DULL-WITTED, adjective Having a dull intellect; heavy.

DULLY, adverb Stupidity; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.