Exact Match:
- dulled
- deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road"
- having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond"
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- unsharpened
collapse - not sharpened related words >
- blunted
collapse
- made dull or blunt related words >
- bated
collapse
- diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"
- held back; "we watched the daring feats of the acrobats with bated breath" related words >
- abated,
- ablated,
- attenuated,
- belittled,
- consumed,
- contracted,
- curtailed,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dead,
- deadened,
- decreased,
- deflated,
- diminished,
- dissipated,
- dropped,
- dull,
- dulled,
- eroded,
- fallen,
- flat,
- less,
- lesser,
- lower,
- lowered,
- miniaturized,
- muffled,
- muted,
- reduced,
- retrenched,
- scaled-down,
- shorn,
- shorter,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- smaller,
- smothered,
- softened,
- sordo,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- watered-down,
- weakened,
- worn
- smothered
collapse
- held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
- completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy" related words >
- arcane,
- bated,
- cabalistic,
- censored,
- classified,
- close,
- closed,
- concealed,
- crushed,
- cryptic,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dark,
- dead,
- deadened,
- dull,
- dulled,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- flat,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- latent,
- muffled,
- muted,
- mysterious,
- occult,
- quashed,
- quelled,
- repressed,
- restricted,
- secret,
- smashed,
- softened,
- sordo,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- suffocated,
- suppressed,
- top secret,
- ulterior,
- unbreatheable,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable
- muffled
collapse
- wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows" related words >
- armored,
- bated,
- between the lines,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- cloaked,
- clouded,
- coated,
- coped,
- covered,
- covert,
- cowled,
- cryptic,
- curtained,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dead,
- deadened,
- delitescent,
- dormant,
- dull,
- dulled,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- esoteric,
- filmed,
- flat,
- floored,
- hibernating,
- hidden,
- hooded,
- housed,
- latent,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- lurking,
- mantled,
- masked,
- muted,
- mystic,
- obfuscated,
- obscured,
- occult,
- occulted,
- packaged,
- paved,
- possible,
- potential,
- roofed-in,
- screened,
- scummed,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- shielded,
- shrouded,
- sleeping,
- smothered,
- softened,
- sordo,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- submerged,
- swathed,
- tented,
- under cover,
- under the surface,
- underlying,
- unmanifested,
- veiled,
- virtual,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- wrapped
- softened
collapse
- toned down related words >
- abject,
- apologetic,
- bated,
- chastened,
- complaisant,
- conditioned,
- constrained,
- contrite,
- controlled,
- creamy,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dead,
- deadened,
- delicate,
- dull,
- dulled,
- easy,
- eggshell,
- flat,
- gentle,
- gloss,
- hedged,
- hedged about,
- humble,
- humbled,
- hushed,
- in control,
- in hand,
- iridescent,
- leavened,
- light,
- limited,
- low-key,
- mellow,
- mellowy,
- melted,
- mild,
- mitigated,
- modified,
- modulated,
- mollified,
- mother-of-pearl,
- muffled,
- muted,
- nacreous,
- nonresistive,
- nonrigid,
- opalescent,
- pale,
- pastel,
- patinaed,
- pearly,
- penitent,
- penitential,
- penitentiary,
- qualified,
- quelled,
- quiet,
- repentant,
- restrained,
- restricted,
- sad,
- seasoned,
- semigloss,
- sheepish,
- simple,
- smothered,
- sober,
- soft,
- soft as putty,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- somber,
- sordo,
- stable,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- subtle,
- sweet,
- tempered,
- tender,
- touched,
- whisper-soft
- arcane,
- bated,
- blurred,
- breathy,
- cabalistic,
- censored,
- choked,
- choking,
- classified,
- close,
- closed,
- concealed,
- croaking,
- crushed,
- cryptic,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dark,
- dead,
- deadened,
- drawling,
- drawly,
- dull,
- dulled,
- dysphonic,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- flat,
- guttural,
- harsh,
- hawking,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- hoarse,
- hush-hush,
- inarticulate,
- indistinct,
- latent,
- lisping,
- mispronounced,
- muffled,
- muted,
- muzzy,
- mysterious,
- nasal,
- occult,
- quashed,
- quavering,
- quelled,
- repressed,
- restricted,
- secret,
- shaking,
- shaky,
- smashed,
- smothered,
- snuffling,
- softened,
- sordo,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- strangled,
- subdued,
- suffocated,
- suppressed,
- thick,
- throaty,
- top secret,
- tremulous,
- twangy,
- ulterior,
- unbreatheable,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable,
- velar
- abrupt
collapse
- surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
- exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
- extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
- marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" related words >
- aggressive,
- arduous,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- blunt-edged,
- blunt-ended,
- blunt-pointed,
- blunted,
- bluntish,
- bold,
- brash,
- breakneck,
- breathless,
- brief,
- brisk,
- brusque,
- casual,
- cavalier,
- churlish,
- crisp,
- crusty,
- curt,
- discourteous,
- dull,
- dull-edged,
- dull-pointed,
- dulled,
- dullish,
- edgeless,
- electrifying,
- faired,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hurried,
- impetuous,
- impolite,
- impulsive,
- informal,
- nerve-shattering,
- obtuse,
- panting,
- perpendicular,
- plumb,
- plunging,
- pointless,
- precipitant,
- precipitate,
- precipitous,
- quick,
- rapid,
- rash,
- ready,
- rough,
- rounded,
- rude,
- rushing,
- severe,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- shocking,
- short,
- sideling,
- smoothed,
- snappish,
- snappy,
- snippety,
- snippy,
- speedy,
- startling,
- steep,
- stickle,
- sudden,
- surly,
- surprising,
- swift,
- truculent,
- unannounced,
- unanticipated,
- unceremonious,
- uncivil,
- unedged,
- unexpected,
- unforeseen,
- unlooked-for,
- unplanned,
- unpointed,
- unpredicted,
- unsharp,
- unsharpened,
- vertical
- pointless
collapse
- lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
- not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless" related words >
- abrupt,
- absurd,
- aimless,
- arid,
- asinine,
- barren,
- blah,
- blank,
- bloodless,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- blunt-edged,
- blunt-ended,
- blunt-pointed,
- blunted,
- bluntish,
- bootless,
- characterless,
- cold,
- colorless,
- dead,
- dismal,
- draggy,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dull-edged,
- dull-pointed,
- dulled,
- dullish,
- dusty,
- edgeless,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- etiolated,
- fade,
- faired,
- fatuous,
- feckless,
- flat,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- impotent,
- inane,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inexcitable,
- insignificant,
- insipid,
- jejune,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- low-spirited,
- meaningless,
- no go,
- nonsensical,
- obtuse,
- of no use,
- pale,
- pallid,
- pedestrian,
- plodding,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- preposterous,
- purportless,
- purposeless,
- ridiculous,
- rounded,
- senseless,
- silly,
- slow,
- smoothed,
- solemn,
- spiritless,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- stuffy,
- stupid,
- superficial,
- superfluous,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- unavailing,
- unedged,
- unlively,
- unmeaning,
- unpointed,
- unproductive,
- unsharp,
- unsharpened,
- useless,
- vain,
- vapid,
- wooden,
- worthless
- accented,
- alveolar,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulated,
- assimilated,
- back,
- barytone,
- bated,
- bilabial,
- blind,
- broad,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- cerebral,
- checked,
- close,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dead,
- deadened,
- dental,
- dim,
- dissimilated,
- dorsal,
- dull,
- dulled,
- flat,
- front,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- guttural,
- hard,
- heavy,
- high,
- intonated,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lackluster,
- lateral,
- lax,
- light,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- low,
- lusterless,
- mat,
- mid,
- monophthongal,
- muffled,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- occlusive,
- open,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- posttonic,
- retroflex,
- rounded,
- semivowel,
- smothered,
- soft,
- softened,
- sonant,
- sordo,
- stifled,
- stopped,
- stressed,
- strong,
- subdued,
- surd,
- syllabic,
- tense,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- twangy,
- unaccented,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- velar,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- weak,
- wide
- obtuse
collapse
- lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin
- of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
- of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex related words >
- abrupt,
- affectless,
- anesthetized,
- arctic,
- asleep,
- autistic,
- benumbed,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- blunt-edged,
- blunt-ended,
- blunt-pointed,
- blunt-witted,
- blunted,
- bluntish,
- boneheaded,
- callous,
- catatonic,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cloddish,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold-blooded,
- coldhearted,
- cool,
- dead,
- deadened,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- dispassionate,
- doltish,
- dopey,
- drugged,
- dull,
- dull of mind,
- dull-edged,
- dull-headed,
- dull-pated,
- dull-pointed,
- dull-witted,
- dulled,
- dullish,
- edgeless,
- emotionally dead,
- emotionless,
- faired,
- fat-witted,
- frigid,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- gross-headed,
- heartless,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- icy,
- immovable,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- imperceptive,
- impercipient,
- inexcitable,
- insensate,
- insensible,
- insensitive,
- insentient,
- insusceptible,
- loutish,
- lumpish,
- mentally retarded,
- nonemotional,
- numb,
- numbed,
- oafish,
- obdurate,
- objective,
- out of touch,
- passionless,
- pointless,
- rounded,
- self-absorbed,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- sluggish,
- smoothed,
- soulless,
- spiritless,
- stolid,
- thick,
- thick-brained,
- thick-headed,
- thick-pated,
- thick-skinned,
- thick-witted,
- thickheaded,
- thickskulled,
- unaffectionate,
- unedged,
- unemotional,
- unfeeling,
- unfelt,
- unimpassioned,
- unimpressionable,
- unloving,
- unpassionate,
- unperceptive,
- unpointed,
- unresponding,
- unresponsive,
- unsharp,
- unsharpened,
- unsusceptible,
- unsympathetic,
- untouchable,
- wooden
- rounded
collapse
- curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" related words >
- Junoesque,
- abrupt,
- accented,
- alveolar,
- annular,
- annulate,
- annulose,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- arched,
- arciform,
- articulated,
- assimilated,
- back,
- bagging,
- baggy,
- ballooning,
- barytone,
- bellied,
- bellying,
- bellylike,
- bent,
- bilabial,
- billowing,
- billowy,
- bloated,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- blunt-edged,
- blunt-ended,
- blunt-pointed,
- blunted,
- bluntish,
- bosomy,
- bowed,
- broad,
- built,
- bulbose,
- bulbous,
- bulging,
- bumped,
- bumpy,
- bunched,
- bunchy,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- cerebral,
- checked,
- circinate,
- circular,
- close,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- convex,
- coronary,
- crownlike,
- curvesome,
- curvilinear,
- curvy,
- cyclic,
- cycloid,
- dental,
- discoid,
- disklike,
- dissimilated,
- distended,
- dorsal,
- dull,
- dull-edged,
- dull-pointed,
- dulled,
- dullish,
- edgeless,
- faired,
- flat,
- front,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- guttural,
- hard,
- heavy,
- high,
- hillocky,
- hummocky,
- intonated,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lateral,
- lax,
- light,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- low,
- mid,
- monophthongal,
- moutonnee,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- obtuse,
- occlusive,
- open,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- pneumatic,
- pointless,
- posttonic,
- potbellied,
- pouching,
- retroflex,
- ring-shaped,
- ringlike,
- rotund,
- round,
- rounded out,
- semivowel,
- smoothed,
- soft,
- sonant,
- stacked,
- stopped,
- stressed,
- strong,
- surd,
- swelling,
- syllabic,
- tense,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- twangy,
- unaccented,
- unedged,
- unpointed,
- unrounded,
- unsharp,
- unsharpened,
- unstressed,
- velar,
- verrucated,
- verrucose,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- warty,
- weak,
- well-developed,
- wide
- subdued
collapse
- quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent" related words >
- Attic,
- Olympian,
- aesthetic,
- aloof,
- artistic,
- backward,
- barely audible,
- bashful,
- bated,
- blank,
- bowed-down,
- broken,
- brought low,
- calmed,
- cast down,
- chaste,
- chastened,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- choice,
- classic,
- cold,
- conquered,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- cool,
- creamy,
- crestfallen,
- crushed,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dashed,
- dead,
- deadened,
- decrescendo,
- dejected,
- delicate,
- depressed,
- despairing,
- despondent,
- desponding,
- detached,
- dim,
- discouraged,
- discreet,
- disheartened,
- dispirited,
- distant,
- domesticated,
- dovelike,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dull,
- dulled,
- eggshell,
- excellent,
- expressionless,
- faint,
- faint-voiced,
- feeble,
- feeling low,
- felled,
- flat,
- flattened,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- gentle,
- gloss,
- grave,
- guarded,
- half-heard,
- heartless,
- housebroke,
- housebroken,
- humble,
- humbled,
- humiliated,
- hushed,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriacal,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- in control,
- in good taste,
- in hand,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- inaccessible,
- indistinct,
- introverted,
- iridescent,
- lamblike,
- languishing,
- light,
- limited,
- low,
- low-key,
- low-spirited,
- made to grovel,
- mastered,
- meek,
- mellow,
- mellowed,
- mild,
- moderated,
- modest,
- mother-of-pearl,
- muffled,
- murmured,
- muted,
- nacreous,
- of choice,
- of quality,
- offish,
- opalescent,
- pacific,
- pale,
- pastel,
- patinaed,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- pearly,
- pessimistic,
- pianissimo,
- piano,
- pining,
- placid,
- pleasing,
- pure,
- put down,
- quashed,
- quelled,
- quiet,
- reduced,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- sad,
- saddened,
- scarcely heard,
- semigloss,
- serious,
- shrinking,
- simple,
- smashed,
- smothered,
- sober,
- sobered,
- soft,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- soft-sounding,
- soft-voiced,
- softened,
- solemn,
- somber,
- sordo,
- spiritless,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- stable,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- stifled,
- subaudible,
- subjugated,
- submissive,
- subtle,
- suffocated,
- suicidal,
- suppressed,
- sweet,
- tame,
- tamed,
- tasteful,
- tasty,
- temperate,
- tempered,
- tender,
- toned,
- tranquil,
- unaffable,
- unaffected,
- unapproachable,
- unclear,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- understated,
- unenthusiastic,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- unobtrusive,
- vanquished,
- weak,
- weak-voiced,
- weary of life,
- well-chosen,
- whispered,
- withdrawn,
- woebegone,
- world-weary
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