Definition of dull

• superl. - Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
• superl. - Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
• superl. - Insensible; unfeeling.
• superl. - Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
• superl. - Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.
• superl. - Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
• superl. - Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.
• v. t. - To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
• v. t. - To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
• v. t. - To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
• v. t. - To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
• v. i. - To become dull or stupid.