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What is the adjective for dull?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs dull and dullen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dull
  1. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
  2. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
  3. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
  4. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
  5. Sluggish, listless.
  6. Cloudy, overcast.
  7. Insensible; unfeeling.
  8. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
  9. (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
  10. (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “The bands were terrible and the music festival turned out to be a rather dull affair.”
      “I found it highly frustrating trying to chop my onions with a dull knife.”
      “The view from the top of the building is spectacular and even on a dull day, the city unfolds beneath you in surprising ways.”
duller
dullish
  1. Somewhat dull; dull to a degree.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The sky was a pale bluish gray and although there were no clouds, the sun cast only a dullish light across the sky.”
      “To add to the monotony, they are a dullish hospital green, fabricated from porcelain-enameled steel.”
      “Will the reader consent to their Dialogue, which is dullish, but singular to have in an authentic form, with Nicolai as voucher?”
dullsome
  1. (archaic) dull
dullest
  1. superlative form of dull: most dull
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In fact, the producers seem to have gone out of their way to find the dullest young people imaginable.”
      “There are people who walk in my office and see nothing but the dullest thing in the world.”
      “The dullest piece here is a starchily respectful profile of Krishna Menon, the high commissioner in London for the Dominion of India.”
dulled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dull
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The old pocket watch had a dulled silver finish after years of use and neglect.”
      “Her once vibrant paintings hung on the gallery walls, their once vivid colors now dulled and lifeless.”
      “The knife's blade had dulled, making it difficult to slice through the tough meat.”
dulling
dullened
dullening
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