dull
verb/dʌl/
/dʌl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dull | /dʌl/ /dʌl/ |
| he / she / it dulls | /dʌlz/ /dʌlz/ |
| past simple dulled | /dʌld/ /dʌld/ |
| past participle dulled | /dʌld/ /dʌld/ |
| -ing form dulling | /ˈdʌlɪŋ/ /ˈdʌlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] dull (something) to make a pain or an emotion weaker or less severe; to become weaker or less severe
- The tablets they gave him dulled the pain for a while.
- The heat dulled my enjoyment of the journey.
- The pain of loss never dulls.
- [transitive] dull somebody to make a person slower or less lively
- He felt dulled and stupid with sleep.
- [intransitive, transitive] to become less bright, clean or sharp; to make something less bright, clean or sharp
- His eyes dulled and he slumped to the ground.
- dull something The endless rain seemed to dull all sound.
pain
person
colours/sounds
Word OriginOld English dol ‘stupid’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dol ‘crazy’ and German toll ‘mad, fantastic, wonderful’.
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