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dully

/duhl/US // dʌl //UK // (dʌl) //

闷闷不乐,闷声发大财,闷闷不乐地,闷闷不乐的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    dull·er, dull·est.

    • : not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
    • : causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting: a dull sermon.
    • : not lively or spirited; listless.
    • : not bright, intense, or clear; dim: a dull day; a dull sound.
    • : having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity of color.
    • : slow in motion or action; not brisk; sluggish: a dull day in the stock market.
    • : mentally slow; lacking brightness of mind; somewhat stupid; obtuse.
    • : lacking keenness of perception in the senses or feelings; insensible; unfeeling.
    • : not intense or acute: a dull pain.
  1. 1
    • : to make or become dull.

Phrases

  • dull as dishwater
  • never a dull moment

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • While it was mild fun exploring areas to find the puzzle pieces, repeated activities started to dull any sense of adventure, and it started to feel, once again, like a bullet point off an open-world checklist.

  • Here’s a great SEO case study example showing off this structure without being dull or boring.

  • Plastic-wrapped cookies and cookies sent in tins seemed to absorb their powder, leaving them a bit dull.

  • If he has ever written a bad, dull or disappointing book, I haven’t seen it.

  • First, was the Wild Huckleberry 8-Acid Polishing Peel which was used to help “gently polish away dull, dead skin.”

  • Gravity is transformed from the constraint that holds us dully to Earth into the power that lets us fly.

  • “Toward the end, you didn't know it was bodies anymore,” Helen says dully.

  • Garnache opened his eyes and stared a second dully at the disturber of his feigned slumbers.

  • Presently a pair of bloodshot eyes were opened and looked dully round the room.

  • They tried to make as little noise as possible, but though they walked on tiptoe, the sound echoed back to them dully.

  • Dully, his intellect numbed as his body was numbed, he went back to his tasks,—tasks that were seemingly endless.

  • Dully, hazily, he stared at it with his red eyes, with the faint feeling of a duty neglected.