All dulling synonyms

verb dulling

• chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• cloud — A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
• impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
• desensitize — To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.
• nonplus — to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
• bemuse — If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
• flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
• astound — If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
• bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
• sadden — make sad
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• weigh down — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
• afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
• daunt — If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
• beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
• tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
• eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
• fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
• blur — A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast.
• dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
• vanish — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
• disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
• clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
• decolorize — to take the color out of, as by bleaching
• achromatize — to make achromatic; to remove colour from
• conform — If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
• strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• inure — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
• develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
• callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
• acclimatize — When you acclimatize or are acclimatized to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
• adapt — If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
• habituate — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
• steel — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
• season — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
• train — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
• teach — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
• stiffen — to make stiff.
• indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
• acclimate — When you acclimate or are acclimated to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
• adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.