Definition of Dulls

1. Verb. (third-person singular of dull) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dulls

1. dull [v] - See also: dull

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dulls

dullard
dullardry
dullards
dulled
duller
dullest
dullhead
dullheads
dullier
dulliest
dulling
dullish
dullishly
dullness
dullnesses
dulls (current term)
dullsome
dullsville
dullsvilles
dullwitted
dullwittedness
dully
dulness
dulnesses
dulocracies
dulocracy
duloses
dulosis
dulotic
duloxetine

Literary usage of Dulls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... are some proverbs that carry a kind of authority with them, as that which began in Henrie the Fourth's time, He that dulls fhe cow mint keep the calf. ..."

2. Women Workers and Society by Annie Marion MacLean (1916)
"In any case a careful survey of the situation should help to straighten things out to some extent. I. Modern Industry dulls the Social Instinct When ..."

3. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"To some who stuff their pets at meal-time and between times, and then have them lie around in idleness that dulls their wits if it does ..."

4. Notes of Thought by Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883)
"'Tis our very skill in studying enjoyment that dulls it. 30 The diffident are very apt to misinterpret the feelings of others towards them. ..."

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