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Definition of dulled



Overview of verb dull

The verb dull has 7 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) dull

(make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface")

2. (1) dull

(become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time")

3. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down

(deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)

4. numb, benumb, blunt, dull

(make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")

5. dull, blunt

(make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge")

6. pall, dull

(become less interesting or attractive)

7. dull

(make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel")


Overview of adj dulled

The adj dulled has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) dulled, benumbed

(having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond")

2. blunted, dulled

(made dull or blunt)

3. dulled, greyed

(deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road")