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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unintelligent |
| Synonyms: | addled, backward, besotted, boring, brainless, daffy, daft, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dumb, feeble-minded, half-baked, ignorant, imbecilic, indolent, insensate, low, moronic, not bright, numskulled, obtuse, scatterbrained, shallow, simple, simple-minded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupid, tedious, thick, unintellectual, vacuous, wearisome, witless |
| Antonyms: | intelligent, keen, sharp, smart, witty |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | abused, archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho hum, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | active, exciting, interesting, lively |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sharp |
| Synonyms: | blunt, blunted, edentate, edentulate, edgeless, flat, not keen, obtuse, pointless, round, square, toothless, turned, unpointed, unsharpened |
| Antonyms: | knifelike, pointed, serrated, sharp |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneventful |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, apathetic, blah, boring, dead, depressed, draggy, even, falling off, flat, inactive, inert, languid, lifeless, listless, monotonous, placid, quiet, regular, routine, sitting tight, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, stagnant, still, stolid, tight, torpid, unexciting, unresponsive, usual, without incident, yawn |
| Antonyms: | active, eventful, exciting, interesting, lively |
| Main Entry: | dull |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drab, lackluster in effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | ashen, black, blind, cloudy, cold, colorless, dark, dead, dim, dingy, dismal, dun, dusky, faded, feeble, flat, grimy, hazy, indistinct, leaden, lifeless, low, matte, mousy, muddy, muffled, murky, muted, obscure, opaque, overcast, plain, shadowy, sober, soft, softened, somber, sooty, subdued, subfusc, toned-down, unlit |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, light, luminous, lustrous |
| Main Entry: | arid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninterested, spiritless |
| Synonyms: | boring, colorless, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat, insipid, lackluster, lifeless, tedious, unanimated, uninspired, vapid, wearisome |
| Antonyms: | interested, lively, spirited |
| Main Entry: | backward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow in growth |
| Synonyms: | arrested, behind, checked, delayed, dense, dull, feeble-minded, imbecile, late, moronic, stupid, subnormal, underdeveloped, underprivileged, undeveloped |
| Antonyms: | developing, fast, intelligent, smart |
| 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: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless; undistinctive |
| Synonyms: | banal, blah*, boring, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, flavorless, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pabulum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, waterish, watery, weak, wimpy, wishy-washy, zero* |
| Antonyms: | delicious, distinctive, sharp, tasty, yummy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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