DULL vs MUFFLE: NOUN
- 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.
- Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
- The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
- The tumid and naked part of the upper lip and nose of ruminants and rodents.
- A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
- An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
- Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
- A pulley block containing several sheaves.
- A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
- A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
- A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
DULL vs MUFFLE: ADJECTIVE
- (of business) not active or brisk
- Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- Being or made softer or less loud or clear
- Emitting or reflecting very little light
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- Darkened with overcast
- Not having a sharp edge or point
- So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- Not keenly felt
- Lacking in liveliness or animation
- Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring.
- Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt.
- Not intensely or keenly felt.
- Dispirited; depressed.
- Lacking responsiveness or alertness; insensitive.
- Intellectually weak or obtuse; stupid.
- Not clear or resonant.
- Cloudy or overcast.
- Not bright, vivid, or shiny.
- Not brisk or rapid; sluggish.
- Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- Not bright or intelligent; stupid; slow of understanding.
- Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster.
- Boring; not exciting or interesting.
- Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
- Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; ; hence, cloudy; overcast.
- Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.
- Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt.
- Insensible; unfeeling.
- Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
- Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
- Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim
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DULL vs MUFFLE: VERB
- Make less lively or vigorous
- Become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- Make dull in appearance
- Make dull or blunt
- Become less interesting or attractive
- Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- Make numb or insensitive
- To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
- To soften, moderate or blunt.
- To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
- To wrap up (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection.
- To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
- Conceal or hide
- Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
DULL vs MUFFLE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To become dull or stupid.
- To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
DULL vs MUFFLE: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.
- To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
- To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.
- To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.
- To wrap or fit with something that dulls or deadens the sound of.
- To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
- To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.
DULL vs MUFFLE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Not clear and resonant
- Lacking intellectual acuity
- Slow to learn or understand
- Highly diluted
- (of color) very low in saturation
- Lose shine or brightness
- To fish with a dull: as, to dull for trout.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- To make less keenly felt; moderate the intensity of: as, to dull pain.
- Not keenly felt; not intense: as, a dull pain.
- (transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become dull.
- To mumble; mutter; speak indistinctly.
- Suppress in order to conceal or hide
- Synonyms Muzzle, etc. See gag.
- To restrain from speaking by wrapping up the head; put to silence.
- To envelop more or less completely in something that deadens sound: used especially of bells, drums, and oars. See muffled.
- Figuratively, to wrap up or cover; conceal; involve.
- To blindfold.
- To infold or wrap up, especially in some cloth or woven fabric, so as to conceal from view or protect from the weather; wrap up or cover close, particularly the neck and face; envelop or inwrap in some covering.
DULL vs MUFFLE: RELATED WORDS
- Damp, Muted, Dim, Lusterless, Lackluster, Wearisome, Tiresome, Leaden, Tedious, Humdrum, Uninteresting, Drab, Monotonous, Dreary, Boring
- Repress, Choke, Strangle, Quell, Suffocate, Suppress, Squelch, Tone down, Dull, Damp, Mute, Smother, Dampen, Stifle, Deaden
DULL vs MUFFLE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Damp, Muted, Dim, Lusterless, Lackluster, Wearisome, Tiresome, Leaden, Tedious, Humdrum, Uninteresting, Drab, Monotonous, Dreary, Boring
- Nip, Crush, Choke, Strangle, Quell, Suppress, Squelch, Tone down, Dull, Damp, Mute, Smother, Dampen, Stifle, Deaden
DULL vs MUFFLE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- It may be dull or nearly glassy looking.
- Visceral pain is typically vague, dull, and nauseating.
- The scrolls are merely records of dull transactions.
- Always remove unwanted hairs in dull lighting only.
- Australian caviar that replenishes tired and dull complexions.
- My dear father, only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
- For example, we can freely rearrange order of adjectives examples sentences a dull, dark, and depressing day: a depressing, dark, dull day.
- These are not questions of mere dull common sense; it is only dull absence of common sense which will think them so.
- Zinc puts a very fine layer on, what goes in dull comes out dull.
- However it is dull, I mean real dull.
- Each piece has leg boots that glide smoothly and muffle noise.
- Cob walls also muffle sound, making a quiet indoor space.
- The bike has a distinct carbon fiber style muffle with.
- She bit her lips trying to muffle a whimper.
- Allow me to muffle them with a quick video.
- Environmental Data Sheet Here are the brochures of muffle.
- Calls fade out and sometimes go to computerized muffle.
- Using nozzle equipment can also help muffle sound.
- Charlie Brown whose voice is a background muffle.
- Muffle Furnace A muffle furnace is capable of heating substances to extremely high temperatures.
DULL vs MUFFLE: QUESTIONS
- What to do if the beams look dull after varnishing?
- What does the Bible say about dull clouds in dreams?
- How can I Keep my hardwood floors from getting dull?
- Does the Holy Spirit dull your memories when confession ends?
- What does dull percussion mean in a pulmonary examination?
- What does dull percussion sound like in a pleurisy?
- When is dull a more appropriate choice than stupid?
- What are some examples of unoriginal and dull sentences?
- Are your course descriptions dull or grammatically sloppy?
- What causes dull cramping discontinuous chest pain?
- What is the probability of finding disenchantable items with the muffle effect?
- How can professor big-hair and professor beehive muffle the sound?
- Are resonator delete and muffle Delete bad for your car?
- Can a muffle furnace create a saturated inert gas environment?
- Which big Muff is similar to the Russian Big muffle?
- What is the maximum temperature of Thermo Scientific thermolyne small benchtop muffle furnace?
- Why did Cynthia try to muffle the sound of gunshots?
- What is the lowest muffle level that can be disenchanted?
- What is the highest temperature range available in muffle furnaces?
- What are the uses and principles of muffle furnace?