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- [duhl]
- /dʌl/
- /dʌl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [duhl]
- /dʌl/
Definitions of dulling word
- adjective dulling not sharp; blunt: a dull knife. 1
- adjective dulling causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting: a dull sermon. 1
- adjective dulling not lively or spirited; listless. 1
- adjective dulling not bright, intense, or clear; dim: a dull day; a dull sound. 1
- adjective dulling having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity of color. 1
- adjective dulling slow in motion or action; not brisk; sluggish: a dull day in the stock market. 1
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Origin of dulling
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English; akin to Old English dol foolish, stupid; cognate with German toll
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Parts of speech for Dulling
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dulling popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
dulling usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dulling
verb dulling
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
adjective dulling
- soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
- narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
- deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
Antonyms for dulling
verb dulling
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
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