Synonyms and antonyms of dull in English
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NOT INTERESTING OR EXCITING
She gave one of the dullest lectures I've ever heard.
Synonyms and examples
boring
That was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.
excruciating
She went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.
mind-numbing
The incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.
monotonous
His job had become joyless and monotonous.
ponderous
formal mainly disapproving
The dialogue was ponderous and self-important, and it ruined the film.
one-dimensional
The book would be better if the characters weren't so one-dimensional.
humdrum
They didn't like the humdrum, day-to-day work involved in running a business.
ho-hum
The camera has a solid, if ho-hum, design.
tedious
Signing all these documents over and over again is so tedious.
colourless
His prose was dry and colourless.
dreary
disapproving
My mother's days were taken up with dreary little tasks like folding clothes or getting the post.
grey
They felt that their work was grey and meaningless.
Antonym and example
exciting
We've got an exciting day at the park planned!
See words related to dull
bored stiff
informal
bored out of your mind
informal
ennui
literary
dreariness
disapproving
drabness
disapproving
turgidity
formal
longueur
literary
bore
disapproving
crashing bore
informal
snooze
informal
snoozefest
informal
a yawn
informal
drag
informal
drip
informal disapproving
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If someone or something is boring, they are not interesting or exciting. If you are bored, you feel unhappy because nothing interesting is happening. Boredom is the state of being unhappy and uninterested in things. A bore is a person or thing that is not exciting or interesting.
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These are words and phrases related to dull. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or,
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He was a dull man and you had to explain things very carefully and slowly to him.
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How did such a dull book become a best-seller?.
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I thought I heard a dull sound in the kitchen.
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someone who seems to be a human form of disaster, encyclopedia, etc.
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