Antonym of dull

Antonyms of verb dull

1 of 7 senses of dull

Sense 5:

dull, blunt
Antonym of sharpen (Sense 1)
=>sharpen

Antonyms of adj dull

12 senses of dull

Sense 1:

dull (vs. lively)

lively (vs. dull)
alive(predicate)bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippybreezybubblybubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparklyburbling, burbly, effusive, gushinglivewarm

Sense 2:

dull (vs. bright)

bright (vs. dull)
agleam, gleaming, nitidaglow(predicate), lambent, lucent, luminousaglitter(predicate), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparklybeady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlikebeaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgentblazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glarybright as a new penny(predicate)brilliantardentglimmeryglistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shiningiridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescentluridnoctilucentsatiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slickself-luminousshimmerysilver, silvern, silverytwinkling(prenominal)

Sense 3:

dull, muffled, muted, softened

INDIRECT (VIA soft) -> loud

Sense 4:

boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting

Sense 5:

dull

INDIRECT (VIA unsaturated) -> saturated, pure

Sense 6:

dull (vs. sharp)

sharp (vs. dull)
acute, intensecutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingfulguratingsalt

Sense 7:

dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow

INDIRECT (VIA stupid) -> smart

Sense 8:

dull, slow, sluggish

INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active

Sense 9:

dull (vs. sharp)

sharp (vs. dull)
carnassialchisel-likedagger-likedrill-likeedgedfang-likefile-likeincisivekeenknifelikemetal-cuttingpenetrative, penetratingrazor-sharpsharpenedsharp-toothed

Sense 10:

dull

INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive

Sense 11:

dull, thudding

INDIRECT (VIA unreverberant) -> reverberant

Sense 12:

dull, leaden

INDIRECT (VIA cloudy) -> clear