Stupid; foolish; doltish; blockish; slow of understanding: as, a lad of dull intellect.Heavy; sluggish; drowsy; inanimate; slow in thought, expression, or action: as, a surfeit leaves one dull; a dull thinker; a dull sermon; a dull stream; trade is dull.Wanting sensibility or keenness; not quick in perception: as, dull of hearing; dull of seeing.Sad; melancholy; depressed; dismal.Not pleasing or enlivening; not exhilarating; causing dullness or ennui; depressing; cheerless: as, dull weather; a dull prospect.Gross; inanimate; insensible.Not bright or clear; not vivid; dim; obscure: as, a dull fire or light; a dull red color; the mirror gives a dull reflection.Not sharp or acute; obtuse; blunt: as, a dull sword; a dull needle.Not keenly felt; not intense: as, a dull pain.To make dull, stupid, heavy, insensible, etc.; lessen the vigor, activity, or sensitiveness of; render inanimate; damp: as, to dull the wits; to dull the senses.To render dim; sully; tarnish or cloud: as, the breath dulls a mirror.To make less sharp or acute; render blunt or obtuse: as, to dull a knife or a needle.To make less keenly felt; moderate the intensity of: as, to dull pain.To become dull or blunt; become stupid.To become calm; moderate: as, the wind dulled, or dulled down, about twelve o'clock.To become deadened in color; lose brightness.n. A noose of string or wire used to snare fish; usually, a noose of bright copper wire attached by a short string to a stout pole.To fish with a dull: as, to dull for trout.