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dull Definitie in het Nederlands

0 not interesting or exciting in any way: --
- He's pleasant enough, but deadly dull.
- She wrote dull, respectable articles for the local newspaper.
1 not clear, bright, or shiny: --
- UK The first day of our holiday was dull (= cloudy).
- We could just see a dull glow given off by the fire's last embers.
2 A dull sound or pain is not sharp or clear: --
- She felt a dull ache at the back of her head.
- The dull rumble of traffic woke her.
- I heard a dull thud from the kitchen and realized she must have fainted.
3 to make something less severe: --
- Homeless children sniff glue to dull their hunger pains.
4 not interesting or exciting; boring: --
- The lecture was dry, dull, and full of statistics.
- Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine.
5 not clear, bright, or shiny: --
- The day started off dull and overcast with a threat of showers.

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I must admit that my appetite is somewhat dulled at this time of the evening.
Against that it must be asked: how valuable educationally is clinical experience if the learner's intellectual faculties are dulled by lack of sleep?
If we do not, not only is the reform dulled, but the appetite for other reforms is also dulled.
The child does not understand it, and his whole intelligence is dulled by the imposition of this unfortunate system.
The art of competition may have been dulled during the war years and since.
The memory has not been dulled that war came about because of weakness, not strength.
A blind faith in ultimate victory has dulled our senses and blinded our efforts and our energies.
Is she now actually dulling that signal and suggesting that we may well send in ground troops?