Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
2. (superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
3. (superl.) Insensible; unfeeling.
4. (superl.) Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
5. (superl.) 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.
6. (superl.) Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
7. (superl.) 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.
8. (v. t.) To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
9. (v. t.) To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
10. (v. t.) To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
11. (v. t.) To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
12. (v. i.) To become dull or stupid.
Greek
3975. pachuno -- to thicken, to fatten, fig. to make dull ... to make
dull. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pachuno Phonetic Spelling:
(pakh-oo'-no) Short Definition: I fatten Definition: I fatten, thicken; pass.
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... dull, stupid, foolish. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: moros Phonetic
Spelling: (mo-ros') Short Definition: stupid, foolish Definition: (a) adj ...
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2974. kophos -- blunt, dull
... blunt, dull. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kophos Phonetic Spelling:
(ko-fos') Short Definition: dumb, deaf Definition: (lit: blunted) dumb, dull ...
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3576. nothros -- sluggish, slothful
... sluggish, slothful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: nothros Phonetic
Spelling: (no-thros') Short Definition: dull, sluggish Definition: blunt, dull ...
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4456. poroo -- to petrify, ie to harden
... 4456 (from , a kind of marble) -- properly, made of ; (figuratively) ; dull, as ;
calloused (hardened); ie unresponsive (dense), completely lacking sensitivity ...
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3472. moria -- foolishness
... Cognate: 3472 (from 3474 ) -- folly; literally, dull (lacking sharpness). Word Origin
from moros Definition foolishness NASB Word Usage foolishness (5). ...
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3640. oligopistos -- little faith
... Jn 10:3,4,27). "Little-faith" (3640 ) describes someone dull to hearing the
Lord's voice, or disinterested in walking intimately with Him. ...
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1021. bradus -- slow
... slow. Of uncertain affinity; slow; figuratively, dull -- slow. (bradeis) -- 1
Occurrence. (bradus) -- 2 Occurrences. 1020, 1021. bradus. 1022 . ...
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3473. morologia -- foolish talking
... Cognate: 3473 (from 3474 , "dull, without an edge," and 3004 , "speaking to a
conclusion") -- literally, "foolish (moronic) words," ie speech flowing out of a ...
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917. bareos -- heavily
... Word Origin adverb from barus Definition heavily NASB Word Usage scarcely (2). heavily.
Adverb from barus; heavily (figuratively) -- dull. see GREEK barus. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2447. chaklili -- dull... 2446, 2447. chaklili. 2448 .
dull. Transliteration: chaklili Phonetic
Spelling: (khak-leel') Short Definition:
dull. Word Origin
... /hebrew/2447.htm - 6k 6949a. qahah -- to be blunt or dull
... qahah. 6949b . to be blunt or dull. Transliteration: qahah Short Definition: edge. ...
root Definition to be blunt or dull NASB Word Usage dull (1), set on edge (3 ...
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3544. keheh -- dim, dull, faint
... 3543b, 3544. keheh. 3545 . dim, dull, faint. Transliteration: keheh Phonetic
Spelling: (kay-heh') Short Definition: dim. Word Origin ...
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6949. qahah -- to be blunt or dull
... to be blunt or dull. Transliteration: qahah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-haw') Short
Definition: edge. ... A primitive root; to be dull -- be set on edge, be blunt. ...
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3513. kabad -- to be heavy, weighty, or burdensome
... Word Usage abounding (1), achieve honor (1), became fierce (1), became heavy (1),
boasting (1), burdensome (1), dim (1), distinguished (3), dull (2), enjoy ...
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3543. kahah -- to be or grow dim or faint
... A primitive root; to be weak, ie (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke),
or (of light, the eye) to grow dull -- darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain ...
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6484. patsar -- to push, press
... press, urge, stubbornness. A primitive root; to peck at, ie (figuratively) stun
or dull -- press, urge, stubbornness. 6483b, 6484. patsar. 6485 . ...
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Library
How the Wise and the Dull are to be Admonished.
... How the wise and the dull are to be admonished. (Admonition 7). Differently
to be admonished are the wise of this world and the dull. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter vi how the wise.htm
tis Only Our Dull Hearts that Tire So Soon
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCCXIX 'Tis only our dull hearts that
tire so soon. Of CHRIST's repeated call; while they in Heaven, ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cccxix tis only our dull.htm
What Augustin Requests from his Readers. The Errors of Readers ...
... Augustin Requests from His Readers. The Errors of Readers Dull of Comprehension
Not to Be Ascribed to the Author. 5. Further let me ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 3 what augustin requests from.htm
Spiritual Blindness.
... To be conscious that in regard to any of the higher and better things of life our
eyes may possibly be growing dim, and our ears dull of hearing, and that God ...
//christianbookshelf.org/percival/sermons at rugby/xvi spiritual blindness.htm
Stones Rolled Away
... Now, if any man here hates a dull sermon, I am with him. ... I have tried lately to read
Shakespeare, but found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. ...
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The Praetorian and the Apostle
... of this heathen tongue; The taunting questions why and how; The songs (oh madness!)
that I:sung: Thou hast forgiv'n the hateful strain Of dull defiance and ...
/.../moule/philippian studies/the praetorian and the apostle.htm
On Attractiveness.
... dulness. "As dull as a sermon" is a familiar expression"so familiar that
no one troubles to protest against its use and application. ...
/.../jackson/the message and the man/chapter i on attractiveness.htm
An Appeal to the Outsider; Or, the Claims of Christianity
... One other thing that one finds is the idea many men have that it is a dull thing
to go in for Christianity. Now, of course, that is simply not true. ...
/.../stones rolled away and other addresses to young men/iv an appeal to the.htm
The Maniac
... A man who thinks he is a bit of glass is to himself as dull as a bit of glass. It
is the homogeneity of his mind which makes him dull, and which makes him mad. ...
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Objections to the Foregoing Proof. Whether, in the Generation of ...
... Words so senseless and dull deserved no answer at all; however, lest their heresy
appear to have any foundation, it may be right, though we go out of the way ...
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Thesaurus
Dull (16 Occurrences)... 5. (superl.) 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
.../d/dull.htm - 12kDull-witted (1 Occurrence)
Dull-witted. Dullness, Dull-witted. Duly . Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.)
Stupid. Multi-Version Concordance Dull-witted (1 Occurrence). ...
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Minds (137 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull,
and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes ...
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Flat (33 Occurrences)
... 5. (superl.) Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous;
as, a flat speech or composition. 6. (superl.) Lacking ...
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Gross (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate. 3. (superl.) Not easily aroused
or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless. ...
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Blunt (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. 2. (a.)
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute. ...
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Grown (77 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Waxed (57 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see ...
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Fat (150 Occurrences)
... 18:17. Comp. Exodus 29:13-22; Leviticus 3:3-5). It is used figuratively
for a dull, stupid state of mind (Psalm 17:10). In Joel ...
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Tarnish (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (v.) To soil or diminish the appearance of, especially induced by the air, or
by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as ...
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