a00806512
| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | lacking in liveliness or animation |
| examples | he was so dull at parties a dull political campaign a large dull impassive man dull days with nothing to do how dull and dreary the world is fell back into one of her dull moods |
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| Also see | colorless, colourless; spiritless; unanimated |
| Attribute | dullness |
| Derivationally related form | dull → dullness |
| Antonym | dull → lively |
| Similar to | arid, desiccate, desiccated; bovine; drab, dreary; heavy, leaden; humdrum, monotonous; lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless |
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| Also see | colorless, colourless; spiritless |
| Antonym | lively → dull |
| Similar to | arid, desiccate, desiccated; bovine; drab, dreary; heavy, leaden; humdrum, monotonous; lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless |
| Derived from adjective | dully → dull |
| Derivationally related form | dullness → dull |
| Attribute | dullness |
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