- Types Of Speech
- You can use dull as a verb, adjective satellite or as a article in a sentence.
- About Dull
- A 1 syllables verb and 4 letters with the letters d, l, and u, 3 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letters ul. Dull starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, du, dul, and the ending characters are l, ll, ull, . Dull is also a double consonant (ll) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Dull is set as a kindergarten word that starts with d, ends with l, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 4 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is dull a scrabble word? A 5 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Dull in Pig Latin is said as "ullday or ulldway".
- Unigram
- d | u | l | l
- Bigram
- du | ul | ll
- Trigram
- dul | ull
- Quadrigram
- dull
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- make less lively or vigorous;
"Middle age dulled her appetite for travel" - become dull or lusterless in appearance;
lose shine or brightness;
"the varnished table top dulled with time" - become less interesting or attractive
- make dull in appearance;
"Age had dulled the surface" - make dull or blunt;
"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" - make numb or insensitive;
"The shock numbed her senses" - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- (of business) not active or brisk;
"business is dull (or slow)";
"a sluggish market" - (of color) very low in saturation;
highly diluted;
"dull greens and blues" - slow to learn or understand;
lacking intellectual acuity;
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him";
"never met anyone quite so dim";
"although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray;
"dumb officials mak - darkened with overcast;
"a dark day";
"a dull sky";
"a gray rainy afternoon";
"gray clouds";
"the sky was leaden and thick" - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
"a boring evening with uninteresting people";
"the deadening effect of some routine tasks";
"a dull play";
"his competent but dull performance";
"a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; - being or made softer or less loud or clear;
"the dull boom of distant breaking waves";
"muffled drums";
"the muffled noises of the street";
"muted trumpets" - not clear and resonant;
sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;
"the dull thud";
"thudding bullets" - blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;
"a dull gaze";
"so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather
- Article Examples
- emitting or reflecting very little light;
"a dull glow";
"dull silver badly in need of a polish";
"a dull sky" - not having a sharp edge or point;
"the knife was too dull to be of any use" - not keenly felt;
"a dull throbbing";
"dull pain" - lacking in liveliness or animation;
"he was so dull at parties";
"a dull political campaign";
"a large dull impassive man";
"dull days with nothing to do";
"how dull and dreary the world is";
"fell back into one of her dull moods"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Abeyant | temporarily inactive |
| Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
| Abrupt | surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner "an abrupt reply" |
| Abstainer | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Achromatic | having no hue |
| Achromatise | remove color from "achromatize the lenses" |
| Achromatize | remove color from "achromatize the lenses" |
| Achromic | having no color |
| Achromous | having no color |
View all cognitive synonyms for Dull
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| LLud | a Celtic warrior god |
| Dull | make less lively or vigorous "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel" |
View English words with the unique letters used in dull. Words With The Letters Dlu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weaken | become weaker "The prisoner''s resistance weakened after seven days" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cloud | a group of many insects; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "a cloud of butterflies" |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah | Yes | No |
| Abdulla | Yes | No |
| Abdull | Yes | No |
| Abdullatif | Yes | No |
| Abdullahi | No | No |
View All Names For Dull
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alauda (6 letters) | 7 +2 | 9 +1 | alauda | ||
| Luda (4 letters) | 5 | 7 | auld | ||
| LLud (4 letters) | 5 | 8 | dllu | ||
| Dull (4 letters) | 5 | 8 | dllu | ||
| Laud (4 letters) | 5 | 7 | auld | ||
| Caudal (6 letters) | 9 +4 | 12 +4 | caudal | ||
| Cuddly (6 letters) | 13 +8 | 15 +7 | cuddly | ||
| Auld (4 letters) | 5 | 7 | auld | ||
| Dual (4 letters) | 5 | 7 | auld | ||
| Ducal (5 letters) | 8 +3 | 11 +3 | ducal | ||
| Duly (4 letters) | 8 +3 | 9 +1 | duly | ||
| Dully (5 letters) | 9 +4 | 11 +3 | dlluy | ||
| Dually (6 letters) | 10 +5 | 12 +4 | dually |
Dull Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With L
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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