Antonyms for dull as dishwater
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dish-waw-ter, -wot-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪʃˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər |
- bitter
- blase
- bright
- caustic
- changing
- cheerful
- clean
- clear
- colorful
- creative
- damp
- delicious
- distinctive
- dripping
- easy
- entertaining
- eventful
- ever-changing
- exciting
- facile
- fresh
- good
- happy
- humid
- imaginative
- inspired
- intelligent
- interesting
- juicy
- light
- lively
- moist
- new
- nice
- original
- pleasant
- severe
- sharp
- smart
- soaked
- soggy
- tasty
- uncommon
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- untiring
- variable
- versatile
- watery
- wet
- yummy
- zingy
Definition of dull as dishwater
Origin :- also dish-water, "water where dishes have been washed," late 15c., from dish (n.) + water (n.). Used figuratively of weak broth, coffee, etc., from 1719.
- As in monotonous : adj all the same, remaining the same
- As in banal : adj commonplace
- As in tedious : adj dull, monotonous
- As in unimaginative : adj dull, predictable
- As in bland : adj tasteless; undistinctive
- As in drab : adj dull, colorless
- As in dry : adj dull, uninteresting
Synonyms for dull as dishwater
- annoying
- apathetic
- arid
- banal
- banausic
- barren
- blah
- bland
- bleak
- boring
- bromidic
- brown
- characterless
- cheerless
- clichéd
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- conventional
- cornball
- cornfed
- corny
- derivative
- desolate
- dime a dozen
- dingy
- dismal
- drab
- dragging
- draggy
- dreary
- droning
- drudging
- dry
- dull
- dull as dishwater
- dumb
- dusty
- endless
- enervating
- everyday
- exhausting
- faded
- fatiguing
- flat
- flat as pancake
- flavorless
- gloomy
- gray
- grungy
- hackneyed
- ho hum
- ho-hum
- hokey
- humdrum
- impassive
- inelaborate
- insipid
- irksome
- laborious
- lackluster
- lifeless
- long-drawn-out
- lusterless
- matter-of-fact
- milk-and-water
- modest
- monotone
- monotonous
- mortal
- muddy
- mundane
- murky
- naked
- nerdy
- noplace
- nothing
- nowhere
- old hat
- ordinary
- pabulum
- pedestrian
- phlegmatic
- plain
- platitudinous
- plodding
- poky
- prosaic
- prosy
- puts one to sleep
- recurrent
- reiterated
- repetitious
- repetitive
- routine
- run-down
- same
- samely
- sapless
- shabby
- simple
- sing-song
- slow
- snooze
- somber
- soporific
- square
- stale
- stereotyped
- stock
- stupid
- subfuse
- tame
- tedious
- tired
- tiresome
- tiring
- toneless
- treadmill
- tripe
- trite
- unchanged
- unchanging
- uncreative
- unexciting
- uniform
- unimaginative
- uninflected
- uninspired
- uninspiring
- uninteresting
- unoriginal
- unrelieved
- unromantic
- unstimulating
- unvaried
- unvarying
- usual
- vanilla
- vapid
- waterish
- watery
- weak
- weariful
- wearisome
- wearying
- well-worn
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- zero
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