Dullest can be categorized as an adjective.
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| dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "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" | ||
| dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" | ||
| dull - not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use" | ||
| dull - (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" | ||
| dull - not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain" | ||
| dull - (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues" | ||
| dull - darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick" | ||
| dull - blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather | ||
| dull - being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" | ||
| dull - not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets" | ||
| dull - slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" | ||
| dull - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" |
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| 1. | adj. | The dullest pencil is better than the sharpest memory. | |
| 2. | adj. | Erik is duller than Emily who, until yesterday, was the dullest person I knew. | |
| 3. | adj. | He was so dull at parties. | |
| 4. | adj. | A dull political campaign. | |
| 5. | adj. | A large dull impassive man. | |
| 6. | adj. | Dull days with nothing to do. | |
| 7. | adj. | How dull and dreary the world is. | |
| 8. | adj. | Fell back into one of her dull moods. | |
| 9. | adj. | A dull glow. | |
| 10. | adj. | Dull silver badly in need of a polish. | |
| 11. | adj. | A dull sky. | |
| 12. | adj. | The knife was too dull to be of any use. | |
| 13. | adj. | Business is dull (or slow) | |
| 14. | adj. | A dull throbbing. | |
| 15. | adj. | Dull pain. |
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| The dullest pencil is better than the sharpest memory. | |
| Erik is duller than Emily who, until yesterday, was the dullest person I knew. | |
| He was so dull at parties. |
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| A dull political campaign. |
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| A large dull impassive man. |
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| Dull days with nothing to do. |
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| How dull and dreary the world is. |
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| Fell back into one of her dull moods. |
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| A dull glow. |
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| Dull silver badly in need of a polish. |
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| A dull sky. |
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| The knife was too dull to be of any use. |
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| Business is dull (or slow) |
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| A dull throbbing. |
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| Dull pain. |
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