Blank vs. Dull
Blankadjective
(archaic) White or pale; without colour.
Blankadjective
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in
Blankadjective
(sports) Scoreless; without any goals or points.
Blankadjective
(figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.
Blankadjective
Absolute; downright; sheer.
Blankadjective
Without expression.
Blankadjective
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Blankadjective
Empty; void; without result; fruitless.
Blankadjective
Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.
Blankadjective
(military) Of ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.
Blanknoun
A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .
Blanknoun
(obsolete) A nonplus 16th century.
Blanknoun
The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .
Blanknoun
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated since the 16th century.
Blanknoun
An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .
Blanknoun
A space to be filled in on a form or template.
Blanknoun
Provisional words printed in italics (instead of blank spaces) in a bill before Parliament, being matters of practical detail, of which the final form will be settled in Committee .
Blanknoun
(now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .
Blanknoun
An empty form without substance; anything insignificant; nothing at all .
Blanknoun
An unprinted leaf of a book 20th century.
Blanknoun
(literature) Blank verse .
Blanknoun
A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .
Blanknoun
Any article of glass on which subsequent processing is required since the 19th century.
Blanknoun
(electric recording) The shaved wax ready for placing on a recording machine for making wax records with a stylus 20th century.
Blanknoun
(figurative) A vacant space, place, or period; a void since the 17th century.
Blanknoun
The 1 / 230400 of a grain 17th century.
Blanknoun
An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory since the 18th century.
Blanknoun
A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word since the 18th century
Blanknoun
The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.
Blanknoun
(dominoes) A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.
Blanknoun
Short for blank-cartridge; a cartridge that is designed to simulate the noise and smoke of real gunfire without actually firing a projectile since the 19th century.
Blanknoun
An ineffective effort which achieves nothing since the 20th century.
Blanknoun
(chemistry) A sample for a control experiment that does not contain any of the analyte of interest, in order to deliberately produce a non-detection to verify that a detection is distinguishable from it.
Blanknoun
(slang) Infertile semen.
Blankverb
(transitive) To make void; to erase.
Blankverb
To ignore (a person) deliberately.
Blankverb
(transitive) To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.
Blankverb
(intransitive) To become blank.
Blankverb
(intransitive) To be temporarily unable to remember.
Blankadjective
Of a white or pale color; without color.
Blankadjective
Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; - said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot.
Blankadjective
Utterly confounded or discomfited.
Blankadjective
Empty; void; without result; fruitless; as, a blank space; a blank day.
Blankadjective
Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness.
Blankadjective
Lacking animation and intelligence, or their associated characteristics, as expression of face, look, etc.; expressionless; vacant.
Blankadjective
Absolute; downright; unmixed; as, blank terror.
Blanknoun
Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void.
Blanknoun
A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.
Blanknoun
A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; - especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form.
Blanknoun
A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.
Blanknoun
The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed.
Blanknoun
Aim; shot; range.
Blanknoun
A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence.
Blanknoun
A piece of metal prepared to be made into something by a further operation, as a coin, screw, nuts.
Blanknoun
A piece or division of a piece, without spots; as, the "double blank"; the "six blank."
Blankverb
To make void; to annul.
Blankverb
To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
Blanknoun
a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing;
Blanknoun
a substitute for a taboo word;
Blanknoun
a blank gap or missing part
Blanknoun
a piece of material ready to be made into something
Blanknoun
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
Blankverb
keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
Blankadjective
of a surface; not written or printed on;
Blankadjective
void of expression;
Blankadjective
not charged with a bullet;
Dulladjective
Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
Dulladjective
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Dulladjective
Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
Dulladjective
Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
Dulladjective
Sluggish, listless.
Dulladjective
Cloudy, overcast.
Dulladjective
Insensible; unfeeling.
Dulladjective
Heavy; lifeless; inert.
Dulladjective
(of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
Dulladjective
Not clear, muffled.
Dullverb
(transitive) To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
Dullverb
(transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
Dullverb
(intransitive) To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
Dullverb
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
Dulladjective
Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Dulladjective
Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
Dulladjective
Insensible; unfeeling.
Dulladjective
Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
Dulladjective
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.
Dulladjective
Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
Dulladjective
Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.
Dullverb
To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
Dullverb
To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
Dullverb
To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
Dullverb
To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
Dullverb
To become dull or stupid.
Dullverb
make dull in appearance;
Dullverb
become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness;
Dullverb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Dullverb
make numb or insensitive;
Dullverb
make dull or blunt;
Dullverb
become less interesting or attractive
Dullverb
make less lively or vigorous;
Dulladjective
lacking in liveliness or animation;
Dulladjective
emitting or reflecting very little light;
Dulladjective
being or made softer or less loud or clear;
Dulladjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
Dulladjective
(of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted;
Dulladjective
not keenly felt;
Dulladjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
Dulladjective
(of business) not active or brisk;
Dulladjective
not having a sharp edge or point;
Dulladjective
blunted in responsiveness or sensibility;
Dulladjective
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft;
Dulladjective
darkened with overcast;
