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D — Dreggy to Dyspnœa (Part 12 of 16)

Dulcet, a.

    1. Sweet, luscious, honeyed, delightful to the taste, delicious.
    2. Melodious, harmonious, sweet, delightful to the ear.
    3. Pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, delightful, charming, sweet.

Dull, a.

    1. Stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, brutish, unintelligent, blunt-witted.
    2. Apathetic, insensible, unimpassioned, passionless, dead, callous.
    3. Inert, inactive, lifeless, inanimate, heavy, sluggish, slow, torpid.
    4. Blunt, obtuse, dulled.
    5. Gloomy, sad, dismal, cheerless.
    6. Dim, obscure.
    7. Tedious, wearisome, tiresome, uninteresting, dreary, dry, jejune.

Dull, v. a.

    1. Blunt, make blunt.
    2. Stupefy, benumb, deaden, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make or render insensible, render callous, make obtuse.
    3. Depress, dishearten, discourage, dispirit, deject, make melancholy, make sad, gloomy, or dejected.
    4. Quiet, allay, moderate, assuage, mitigate, alleviate, soften.
    5. Sully, tarnish, dim.

Dullard, n. Simpleton. See dunce.