Dull vs. Boring
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;
Boringnoun
A pit or hole which has been bored.
Boringnoun
Fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
Boringnoun
Any organism that bores into a hard surface
Boringverb
present participle of bore
Boringadjective
Causing boredom; unable to engage or hold the interest.
Boringnoun
The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
Boringnoun
A hole made by boring.
Boringnoun
The chips or fragments made by boring.
Boringnoun
the act of drilling
Boringnoun
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
Boringadjective
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
Boringadjective
not interesting; tedious
