Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, lifeless |
| Synonyms: | blah*, blind, boring, colorless, dark, dead, dim, drab, draggy, dry, flat*, ho-hum, laid-back*, leaden, lusterless, matte, muted, nothing*, obscure, pabulum, prosaic, sombre, unimaginative, uninspired, vanilla, vapid, zero* |
| Antonyms: | bright, enthusiastic, lively, shining, shiny, spirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprofitable |
| Synonyms: | dull, flat, fruitless, futile, lackluster, profitless, stale, uninspiring, unproductive, unrewarding, useless, vain, vapid |
| Antonyms: | developing, growing, productive, profitable |
| Main Entry: | colorless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlively, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | characterless, dreary, dull, insipid, lackluster, lifeless, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, tame, unmemorable, unpassioned, vacuous, vapid |
| Antonyms: | brilliant, distinctive, intense, interesting, lively, stimulating, vibrant |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | darkish |
| Synonyms: | blah, bleary, blurred, caliginous, cloudy, dark, dingy, dreary, dull, dusk, dusky, faded, faint, flat, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, ill-defined, indistinct, lackluster, lightless, mat, monotone, monotonous, murky, muted, obscured, opaque, overcast, pale, poorly lit, shadowy, sullied, tarnished, tenebrous, unclear, unilluminated, vague, weak |
| Antonyms: | bright, brilliant, clear, distinct, light |
| Main Entry: | drab |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, colorless |
| Synonyms: | arid, blah*, bleak, boring, brown, characterless, cheerless, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull as dishwater, faded, flat, gloomy, gray, grungy, lackluster, lusterless, muddy, murky, run-down, same, shabby, somber, subfuse, unchanging, uninspired, vapid, zero* |
| Antonyms: | bright, colorful, inspired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expressionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a blank look on face |
| Synonyms: | dead*, deadpan, dull, empty, fish-eyed, impassive, inexpressive, inscrutable, lackluster, lusterless, nobody home, poker-faced, stolid, straight-faced, stupid, unexpressive, vacant, vacuous, wooden |
| Antonyms: | animated, demonstrative, expressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bleached; used |
| Synonyms: | achromatic, ashen, bedraggled, dim, dingy, discolored, dull, etiolated, indistinct, lackluster, lusterless, murky, not shiny, pale, pallid, run-down, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, wan, washed out, wasted, worn |
| Antonyms: | brightened, colored, strengthened |
| Main Entry: | halfhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, cool, impassive, indifferent, irresolute, lackluster, listless, lukewarm, neutral, passive, perfunctory, spiritless, tame, tepid, unenthusiastic, uninterested |
| Antonyms: | desirous, enthusiastic, interested, warm, whole-hearted |
| Main Entry: | lifeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, spiritless |
| Synonyms: | blah*, cold, colorless, drab, draggy, flat, hollow, insipid, lackluster, lethargic, listless, lusterless, nothing*, pabulum, passive, prosaic, prosy, slothful, slow*, sluggish, spent, static, stiff*, torpid, wooden, zero* |
| Antonyms: | energetic, lively, spirited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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