Dull Synonyms and Antonyms

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Having only a limited ability to learn and understand
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. backward
  2. simple
  3. simple-minded
  4. slow
  5. slow-witted
  6. soft
  7. feeble-minded
  8. half-witted
  9. retarded
  10. weak-minded
Lacking intelligence or sensitivity; said usually of living beings
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. stupid
  2. insensitive
  3. numb
  4. torpid
  5. unresponsive
  6. wooden
  7. stolid
  8. obtuse
  9. sluggish
  10. heavy
  11. slow
  12. retarded
  13. witless
  14. sleepy
  15. backward
  16. benumbed
  17. dense
  18. dullwitted
  19. tedious
  20. boring
  21. unintelligent
  22. ignorant
  23. unintellectual
  24. vacuous
  25. doltish
  26. insensible
  27. besotted
  28. scatterbrained
  29. feeble-minded
  30. half-witted
  31. addled
  32. addlebrained
  33. thick-witted
  34. slow-witted
  35. thick-skulled
  36. imbecilic
  37. insensate
  38. dim
  39. prosy
  40. prosaic
  41. unimaginative
  42. fatuous
  43. unfeeling
  44. blunted
  45. listless
  46. apathetic
  47. phlegmatic
  48. not bright
  49. spiritless
  50. brainless
  51. stuporous
  52. shallow
  53. indolent
  54. unentertaining
  55. non compos mentis
  56. simple-minded
  57. simple
  58. moronic
  59. lumpish
  60. stuffy
  61. stodgy
  62. dumb
  63. thick
  64. dopey
  65. lowbrow
  66. stupid as an ox
  67. blockheaded
  68. muscle-bound
  69. nitwitted
  70. dimwitted
  71. dead from the ears up
  72. not all there
Antonyms:
  1. witty
  2. quick
  3. smart
Lacking passion and emotion
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. anesthetic
  2. bloodless
  3. insensate
  4. insensible
  5. insensitive
Not loud or distinct
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. muffled
  2. muted
  3. blind
  4. purblind
  5. low
  6. uncomprehending
  7. soft
  8. unperceptive
  9. softened
Antonyms:
  1. sensitive
  2. intelligent
  3. smart
  4. lively
  5. witty
  6. vivacious
  7. sharp
  8. quick
  9. keen
Lacking interest; said usually of writing, speaking, or inanimate things
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. colorless
  2. arid
  3. pedestrian
  4. stodgy
  5. boring
  6. dry
  7. flat
  8. drab
  9. slow
  10. humdrum
  11. prosaic
  12. lifeless
  13. lackluster
  14. tedious
  15. tiresome
  16. unimaginative
  17. aseptic
  18. bland
  19. dismal
  20. dreary
  21. heavy
  22. commonplace
  23. common
  24. banal
  25. wearisome
  26. insipid
  27. monotonous
  28. uninspired
  29. prosy
  30. conventional
  31. depressing
  32. dense
  33. trite
  34. jejune
  35. blah
  36. stupid
  37. dim
  38. stuffy
  39. vapid
  40. stale
  41. uninteresting
  42. pointless
  43. lusterless
  44. routine
  45. sluggish
  46. tame
  47. dumb
  48. soporific
  49. irksome
  50. ho-hum
  51. stereotyped
  52. stereotypical
  53. unexciting
  54. obtuse
  55. leaden
  56. hackneyed
  57. barren
  58. deadly
  59. longwinded
  60. prolix
  61. ordinary
  62. usual
  63. unenlivened
  64. old
  65. ancient
  66. moth-eaten
  67. anodyne
  68. out-of-date
  69. apathetic
  70. earthbound
  71. antediluvian
  72. archaic
  73. banausic
  74. hoary
  75. beetle-headed
  76. worn-out
  77. blind
  78. tired
  79. blockish
  80. driveling
  81. blunt
  82. senseless
  83. brainless
  84. bromidic
  85. callous
  86. uninspiring
  87. flavorless
  88. clinical
  89. platitudinous
  90. cloudy
  91. comatose
  92. deaden
  93. familiar
  94. depressed
  95. well-known
  96. desensitize
  97. dimwitted
  98. dingy
  99. dispirited
  100. plodding
  101. doltish
  102. repetitious
  103. down
  104. unvarying
  105. drear
  106. boresome
  107. drowsy
  108. abused
  109. repetitive
  110. dulled
  111. oft-repeated
  112. faceless
  113. well-worn
  114. faint
  115. fatiguing
  116. matter-of-fact
  117. foggy
  118. gloomy
  119. wearing
  120. gray
  121. grey
  122. producing ennui
  123. hebetate
  124. hebetudinous
  125. wooden
  126. inactive
  127. deadening
  128. characterless
  129. inanimate
  130. inapt
  131. wearying
  132. indistinct
  133. tiring
  134. inert
  135. insensate
  136. insensible
  137. insensitive
  138. lackadaisical
  139. stock
  140. languid
  141. the usual thing
  142. languorous
  143. spiritless
  144. the same old thing
  145. lethargic
  146. listless
  147. draggy
  148. loggerheaded
  149. dry as dust
  150. logy
  151. lumbering
  152. cut-and-dried
  153. sterile
  154. without any kick
  155. matte
  156. monotone
  157. dead-as-a-doornail
  158. moronic
  159. mundane
  160. murky
  161. muted
  162. nondescript
  163. numb
  164. opaque
  165. oscitant
  166. overcast
  167. pallid
  168. parochial
  169. perfunctory
  170. phlegmatic
  171. shallow
  172. simple
  173. square
  174. stagnant
  175. stolid
  176. stylized
  177. subfusc
  178. torpid
  179. unadventurous
  180. uneventful
  181. unfeeling
  182. unintelligent
  183. unsensational
  184. vacuous
  185. weaken
  186. zestless
Antonyms:
  1. exciting
  2. fascinating
  3. lively
  4. exhilarating
Arousing no interest or curiosity
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. boring
  2. dreary
  3. monotonous
  4. drear
  5. dry
  6. humdrum
  7. irksome
  8. stuffy
  9. uninteresting
  10. tedious
  11. tiresome
  12. weariful
  13. wearisome
  14. weary
Lacking gloss and luster
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dim
  2. flat
  3. lackluster
  4. lusterless
  5. mat
Antonyms:
  1. light
  2. bright
  3. lustrous
  4. luminous
  5. clear
To make or become less keen or responsive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dim
  2. hebetate
  3. pall
  4. stupefy
To make or become less sharp-edged
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. blunt
  2. numb
  3. turn
  4. benumb
Antonyms:
  1. sharpen
Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. thudding

Words Related to Dull

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Dull Sentence Examples

  • Things didn't stay dull for long, though.

  • It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.

  • Her body felt heavy and her senses dull without her magic.

  • A damp dull autumn morning was just dawning.

  • Prince Bagration turned to the officer and with his dull eyes looked at him in silence.

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