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Grammar : Noun
Spell : duhl
Phonetic Transcription : dʌl


Definition of dulled

Origin :
  • c.1200, "stupid;" early 13c., "blunt, not sharp;" rare before mid-14c., apparently from Old English dol "dull-witted, foolish," or an unrecorded parallel word, or from Middle Low German dul "slow-witted," both from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (cf. Old Frisian and Old Saxon dol "foolish," Old High German tol, German toll "mad, wild," Gothic dwals "foolish"), from PIE *dheu- (1) "dust, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits"). Of color from early 15c.; of pain or other sensations from 1725. Sense of "boring" first recorded 1580s.
  • dull. (8) Not exhilarating; not delightful; as to make dictionaries is dull work. [Johnson]
  • Dullsville, slang for "town where nothing happens," attested from 1960.
  • noun worn-out
Example sentences :
  • The dulled bronze jangle of cow-bells came soothingly to him.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • There was a pathetic pleading in the dulled eyes with which he regarded the Inspector.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Hopelessness had dulled every sense: not even a start at the sound of his voice!
  • Extract from : « Miracles of Our Lord » by George MacDonald
  • She was so dulled and bewildered that she could no longer cry.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • It had been dulled somewhat, but it was still there, and every mention of her name revived it.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Powers of mind that had been dulled were restored to animation and keenness.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various
  • A shadow settled on his face; it even touched his eyes, mysteriously, and dulled them.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • I thought that all my feelings had been dulled into complete indifference.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • She looked at him with that keen humor that had not dulled in eighty years.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • The flames seared and stabbed with a pain that reached his dulled brain.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

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