All dull synonyms
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D d noun dull
- triteness β lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
- corn β Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants.
- snoozy β to sleep; slumber; doze; nap.
- chestnut β A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- hokum β out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
- old chestnut β old saying, clichΓ©
- prosaicism β prosaic character or style.
- potboiler β a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- platitude β a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
adj dull
- archaic β Archaic means extremely old or extremely old-fashioned.
- arid β Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- blah β You use blah, blah, blah to refer to something that is said or written without giving the actual words, because you think that they are boring or unimportant.
- common β If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- commonplace β If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- familiar β well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- hackneyed β let out, employed, or done for hire.
- hoary β gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
- insipid β without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
- out-of-date β gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.
- pointless β without a point: a pointless pen.
- prolix β extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- repetitious β full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- run-of-the-mill β merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- soporific β causing or tending to cause sleep.
- trite β lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
- unimaginative β characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- vapid β lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- worn-out β worn or used beyond repair.
- prosy β of the nature of or resembling prose.
- edentate β belonging or pertaining to the Edentata, an order of New World mammals characterized by the absence of incisors and canines in the arrangement of teeth and comprising the armadillos, the sloths, and the South American anteaters.
- edgeless β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- toothless β lacking teeth.
- pointed β having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- sharpen β knife: make sharper
- slothful β sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
- draggy β moving or developing very slowly.
- ashen β Someone who is ashen looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
- dingy β of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
- dusky β somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- feeble β physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- grimy β covered with grime; dirty: I shook his grimy hand.
- indistinct β not distinct; not clearly marked or defined: indistinct markings.
- leaden β inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet.
- mousy β resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
- murky β dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- opaque β not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- shadowy β resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- sooty β covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
- subfusc β subfuscous; dusky.