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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs dull and dullen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

dull
  1. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
  2. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
  3. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
  4. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
  5. Sluggish, listless.
  6. Cloudy, overcast.
  7. Insensible; unfeeling.
  8. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
  9. (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
  10. (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. uninteresting, boring, tedious, tiresome, bland, dreary, flat, mundane, unexciting, wearisome, drab, lackluster, lacklustre, lifeless, monotonous, slow, uneventful, uninspiring, unremarkable, vapid, banal, characterless, colorless, humdrum, insipid, pedestrian, spiritless, tiring, trite, colourless, commonplace, dry, featureless, ho-hum, lame, mind-numbing, numbing, passionless, ponderous, routine, soulless, stale, stiff, tired, unenjoyable, unentertaining, unimaginative, unoriginal, unstimulating, arid … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “The bands were terrible and the music festival turned out to be a rather dull affair.”
      “I found it highly frustrating trying to chop my onions with a dull knife.”
      “The view from the top of the building is spectacular and even on a dull day, the city unfolds beneath you in surprising ways.”
duller
  1. comparative form of dull: more dull
  2. Synonyms:
      3. boringer, blander, drearier, flatter, mundaner, drabber, slower, triter, drier, lamer, staler, stiffer, arider, dustier, older, stodgier, stuffier, tamer, deadlier, commoner, ornerier, draggier, more uninteresting, more tedious, more tiresome, more unexciting, more wearisome, more lackluster, more lacklustre, more lifeless, more monotonous, more uneventful, more uninspiring, more unremarkable, more vapid, more banal, more characterless, more colorless, more humdrum, more insipid, more pedestrian, more spiritless, more tiring, more colourless, more commonplace, more featureless, more ho-hum, more passionless, more ponderous, more routine … more
dullish
  1. Somewhat dull; dull to a degree.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dirty, dull, clouded, cloudy, dark, dingy, muddy, miry, muddied, muted, not bright, not pure, not clear … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The sky was a pale bluish gray and although there were no clouds, the sun cast only a dullish light across the sky.”
      “To add to the monotony, they are a dullish hospital green, fabricated from porcelain-enameled steel.”
      “Will the reader consent to their Dialogue, which is dullish, but singular to have in an authentic form, with Nicolai as voucher?”
dullsome
  1. (archaic) dull
dullest
  1. superlative form of dull: most dull
  2. Synonyms:
      3. boringest, blandest, dreariest, flattest, mundanest, drabbest, slowest, tritest, driest, lamest, stalest, stiffest, aridest, dustiest, oldest, stodgiest, stuffiest, tamest, deadliest, commonest, orneriest, draggiest, most uninteresting, most tedious, most tiresome, most unexciting, most wearisome, most lackluster, most lacklustre, most lifeless, most monotonous, most uneventful, most uninspiring, most unremarkable, most vapid, most banal, most characterless, most colorless, most humdrum, most insipid, most pedestrian, most spiritless, most tiring, most colourless, most commonplace, most featureless, most ho-hum, most passionless, most ponderous, most routine … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In fact, the producers seem to have gone out of their way to find the dullest young people imaginable.”
      “There are people who walk in my office and see nothing but the dullest thing in the world.”
      “The dullest piece here is a starchily respectful profile of Krishna Menon, the high commissioner in London for the Dominion of India.”
dulled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dull
  2. Synonyms:
      3. decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, degraded, mitigated, moderated, weakened, abated, attenuated, blunted, curbed, curtailed, cut, dampened, depreciated, depressed, diluted, quelled, tapered, allayed, alleviated, contracted, deadened, decremented, eased, eroded, impaired, lowered, minimised, minimized, restrained, shrank, shrunk, shrunken, subsided, waned, damped, de-escalated, downsized, dwindled, ebbed, lightened, muffled, muted, palliated, softened, abased, assuaged, cushioned … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The old pocket watch had a dulled silver finish after years of use and neglect.”
      “Her once vibrant paintings hung on the gallery walls, their once vivid colors now dulled and lifeless.”
      “The knife's blade had dulled, making it difficult to slice through the tough meat.”
dulling
  1. present participle of dull
  2. Synonyms:
      3. decreasing, diminishing, lessening, reducing, degrading, mitigating, moderating, weakening, abating, attenuating, blunting, curbing, curtailing, cutting, dampening, depreciating, depressing, diluting, quelling, tapering, allaying, alleviating, contracting, deadening, decrementing, easing, eroding, impairing, lowering, minimising, minimizing, restraining, shrinking, subsiding, waning, damping, de-escalating, downsizing, dwindling, ebbing, lightening, muffling, muting, palliating, softening, abasing, assuaging, cushioning, cutting back, cutting down … more
dullened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dullen; dulled
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dulled, numbed, desensitized, benumbed, blunted, sedated, deadened, tranquilized, paralysed, paralyzed, unnerved, desensitised, tranquillised, rendered insensitive, suppressed, anesthetized, anaesthetized, diminished, impaired, repressed, weakened, stifled, dampened, retarded, devitalized, incapacitated, stunned, depressed, reduced, drug, narcotized, dazed, stupefied, torpefied, obtunded, stultified, drugged, anaesthetised, made insensitive, immobilized, damped, cauterized, petrified, chilled, immobilised, cauterised, knocked out, deprived of sensation, hardened your heart, hardened … more
dullening
  1. present participle of dullen; Dulling.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dulling, numbing, desensitizing, benumbing, blunting, sedating, deadening, tranquilizing, paralysing, paralyzing, unnerving, tranquillising, desensitising, rendering insensitive, suppressing, diminishing, stifling, impairing, retarding, dampening, repressing, weakening, incapacitating, stunning, depressing, devitalizing, reducing, torpefying, narcotizing, drugging, obtunding, dazing, stupefying, stultifying, anesthetizing, anaesthetizing, anaesthetising, making insensitive, freezing, immobilizing, chillin, chilling, hebetating, knocking out, hardening, immobilising, coarsening, dimming, disabling, indurating … more
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