Dull vs. Sharp
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;
Sharpadjective
Able to cut easily.
Sharpadjective
(colloquial) Intelligent.
Sharpadjective
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.
Sharpadjective
(music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
Sharpadjective
(music) Higher in pitch than required.
Sharpadjective
Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Sharpadjective
Sudden and intense.
Sharpadjective
(colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
Sharpadjective
(colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
Sharpadjective
Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
Sharpadjective
Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
Sharpadjective
(colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
Sharpadjective
Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Sharpadjective
Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
Sharpadjective
Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Sharpadjective
(chess) Tactical; risky.
Sharpadjective
Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
Sharpadjective
Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
Sharpadjective
(obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
Sharpadjective
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
Sharpadjective
Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
Sharpadverb
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
Sharpadverb
(notcomp) Exactly.
Sharpadverb
(music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
Sharpnoun
(music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
Sharpnoun
(music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
Sharpnoun
(music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
Sharpnoun
(music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Sharpnoun
Something that is sharp.
Sharpnoun
A sharp tool or weapon.
Sharpnoun
(medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
Sharpnoun
A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
Sharpnoun
A dishonest person; a cheater.
Sharpnoun
Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
Sharpnoun
A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
Sharpnoun
(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
Sharpnoun
An expert.
Sharpnoun
A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
Sharpverb
(music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
Sharpverb
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
Sharpverb
To sharpen.
Sharpadjective
Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
Sharpadjective
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
Sharpadjective
Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
Sharpadjective
High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
Sharpadjective
Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
Sharpadjective
Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
Sharpadjective
Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.
Sharpadjective
Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
Sharpadjective
Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
Sharpadjective
Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
Sharpadjective
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
Sharpadjective
Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
Sharpadjective
Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
Sharpadverb
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
Sharpadverb
Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
Sharpnoun
A sharp tool or weapon.
Sharpnoun
The character [$] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
Sharpnoun
A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
Sharpnoun
A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.
Sharpnoun
Same as Middlings, 1.
Sharpnoun
An expert.
Sharpverb
To sharpen.
Sharpverb
To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
Sharpverb
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
Sharpverb
To sing above the proper pitch.
Sharpnoun
a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
Sharpnoun
a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
Sharpadjective
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined;
Sharpadjective
ending in a sharp point
Sharpadjective
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
Sharpadjective
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
Sharpadjective
harsh;
Sharpadjective
high-pitched and sharp;
Sharpadjective
extremely steep;
Sharpadjective
keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point;
Sharpadjective
very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation;
Sharpadjective
having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing;
Sharpadjective
sour or bitter in taste
Sharpadjective
raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone;
Sharpadjective
very sudden and in great amount or degree;
Sharpadjective
quick and forceful;
Sharpadverb
changing suddenly in direction and degree;
