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DULLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dulled mean?
• DULLED (adjective)
The adjective DULLED has 3 senses:
1. having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
2. made dull or blunt
3. deprived of color
Familiarity information: DULLED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
Synonyms:
benumbed; dulled
Context example:
the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond
Similar:
uninterested (not having or showing interest)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Made dull or blunt
Synonyms:
blunted; dulled
Similar:
dull (not having a sharp edge or point)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Deprived of color
Synonyms:
dulled; greyed
Context example:
greyed with the dust of the road
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Context examples
A dulled or reduced level of alertness or consciousness.
(Obtundation, NCI Dictionary)
My ears may be somewhat dulled by the water, and perchance what has been said has escaped me, but I have not yet heard this gentleman crave pardon for the insults which he put upon me in the hall.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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