Reverse Dictionary: DULL

ADJECTIVES
1000 ► DEAD dull; tedious and uninteresting 
1250 ► DULT dull, stupid → obs.
1300 ► HEAVY dull, stupid, slow of understanding, inapprehensive → obs.
1440 ► DEAF dull, stupid; absurd → obs.
1510 ► FAT-HEADED dull, stupid 
1520 ► DULL AS A BEETLE dull, stupid 
1545 ► DUMPISH dull, stupid, slow-witted; inactive, inert, spiritless; destitute of sensation; abstracted, insensible to outward things; dull, uninteresting → obs.
1552 ► HAMMER-HEADED dull in intellect; stupid 
1553 ► BEETLE-HEADED dull, stupid 
1563 ► DUNSTICAL dull-witted, stupid, blockheaded, simple-minded → obs.
1566 ► DUMB AS A BEETLE dull, stupid 
1588 ► DUNCICAL dull-witted, stupid, doltish; like a dunce or blockhead 
1590 ► HEAVY-HEADED dull, stupid 
1591 ► DEAD-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless; stupid → chiefly US
1592 ► FROST-BRAINED dull, stupid → obs.
1595 ► MOSSY dull, stupid → jocular usage
1596 ► CLAY-BRAINED dull, doltish; stupid; with brains made of clay 
1600 ► STOCKISH dull, stupid 
1603 ► MUSTY dull and unadventurous; having an old-fashioned or unoriginal outlook; fogeyish 
1606 ► BEEF-WITTED dull-witted, thick-headed, stupid, doltish 
1614 ► UNANIMATE dull, inanimate, not enlivened → obs.
1616 ► LEFT-WITTED dull, stupid, foolish, silly 
1616 ► LOGGERHEADED dull, stupid → sl.
1634 ► MUDDY-BRAINED dull-witted, stupid; confused in mind 
1645 ► SAD AS ANY MALLET dull, stupid 
1682 ► THOKISH dull, slothful, sluggish, idle, slow → Eng. dial. obs.
1709 ► NISEY → NIZY → NIZZIE dull, foolish → obs.
1728 ► MUZZY dull, gloomy, tedious; said of a place, occasion, etc. 
1753 ► INANIMATED dull, spiritless, inactive → obs.
1777 ► THICK-LISTED dull, stupid → Eng. dial.
1785 ► DOWFART dull, stupid → Sc. arch.
1790 ► DAFT-LIKE dull-witted, foolish, mad, absurd → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1813 ► RAM-HEADED dull, stupid, thick-headed 
1819 ► AWVISH dull, silly, stupid, clownish, mischievous → Eng. dial.
1825 ► DUNCH dull, stupid; slow to learn or understand; lacking in intelligence → colloq. obs.
1828 ► POKY dull, unstimulating; concerned with petty matters; slow, dawdling, sluggish → chiefly Amer.
1828 ► SAMMY dull, foolish → sl.
1834 ► LACKLUSTROUS dull, wanting in lustre 
1850 ► MUNDANE dull, humdrum; ordinary, commonplace; lacking interest or excitement 
1854 ► DAWKIN dull, listless → Eng. dial.
1854 ► VEGETABLE dull, uneventful, featureless, monotonous 
1856 ► NUMB-HEADED dull, stupid → Amer. dial.
1862 ► DEAD-AND-ALIVE dull, inactive, spiritless, stupid → chiefly US
1871 ► THICK IN THE HEAD dull, stupid, slow of comprehension → Sc.
1875 ► NEEP-HEADED dull, stupid → Sc.
1878 ► DUMMEL dull, stupid, slow → Eng. dial.
1882 ► VEGETIVE dull, passive, inactive; leading a merely physical existence 
1889 ► DAUSEY → DAWSIE → DAWSY dull, inactive, doltish → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1889 ► LOG-HEADED dull, stupid, doltish; stubbornly at odds → Amer. dial.
1892 ► REBARBATIVE dull, unattractive; unpleasant, objectionable 
1893 ► DAKES-HEADED dull, stupid → Eng. dial.
1897 ► NEIP-LIKE dull, stupid → Sc. 
1898 ► AGGERHEADED dull, stupid → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► AWF-STRUCKEN dull, silly, stupid, clownish, mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► LOGY dull, stupid → Amer. dial.
..20C ► EARTHBOUND dull or pedestrian; lacking in imagination 
..20C ► GENERIC dull; out of it → teen & high school sl.
..20C ► PRECIOUS dull or lacking in interest → teen & high school sl.
..20C ► QUAINT dull or lacking in interest → teen & high school sl.
..20C ► SHARP AS A BILLIARD BALL dull-witted → Aust. sl.
..20C ► SPECIAL dull or lacking in interest → teen & high school sl.
1900 ► DAFF dull, stupid, idiotic → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DARKET dull, down-hearted → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 ► DAULING dull, inactive → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DAWLSOME dull, dreary, miserable; nauseating → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DEAD-LIVERED dull, stupid, sluggish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DINSH dull, stupid → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HEAVY-ARSED → HEAVY-ASSED dull, lazy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SAFFLE dull, sad, melancholy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► DUMB AS A DEEP SEA OYSTER very dull or stupid → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1915 ► DOZEY dull, slow → World War I Amer. sl.
1935 ► MIZZLE-WITTED mentally dull, witless, stupid → Amer. dial.
1938 ► LOLO dull, insane, crazy; foolish, stupid → Hawaii
1942 ► HO-HUM dull, boring, tedious → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► DRACK dull, dreary; awful; unpleasant → Aust. sl.
1950 ► LUNCHBUCKET dull, stupid, uninspiring → US sl.
1952 ► DRIPPY dull, boring, feeble → colloq.
1960 ► LUNCHY dull, stupid, absent-minded → US students’ sl.
1964 ► BORING AS BATSHIT very dull, uninteresting → Aust. sl.
1964 ► DREARY AS BATSHIT dull, very dreary, uninteresting → Aust. sl.
1964 ► LOGGEREDY-HEADED dull, stupid, doltish; stubborn → Amer. dial.
1966 ► NUMB dull, stupid, dumb; clumsy; not very alert or unaware → Amer. dial.
1967 ► IDLE-MINDED dull, stupid, slow-witted; wandering in mind → Amer. dial.
1969 ► EXCITING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY very dull 
1970 ► DOOFLESS dull, idiotic, stupid → US sl.
1970 ► LUKEWARM TURD dull; unexciting → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► MENSO dull, stupid → US high school sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► MONG dull, stupid → sl.
1970 ► SWIFT dull, stupid; ignorant → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1974 ► NOPLACEVILLE dull, square, corny → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► MONGIE → MONGY dull, stupid → teen sl.
1980 ► MONGISH dull, stupid → teen sl.
1999 ► GOING THROUGH LIFE WITH THE PORCH LIGHT ON DIM dull-witted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► THICK AS A BRICK dull, slow-witted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► THICK AS THE DUST ON A PUBLIC SERVANT’S OUT-TRAY dull, slow-witted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2002 ► DULL AS ARSE extremely dull, very boring → UK sl.
2002 ► SOFT-ARSED dull, stupid, half-witted → UK sl.
2002 ► WOODEN-HEADED dull-witted, slow mentally → (Bk.)
2006 ► DEADLY (DULL)  very dull → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DRY-AS-DUST dull; lifeless → US sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1802 ► SUMPHISHLY dully, stupidly → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1900 ► BOVINELY in a dull or inert manner; stupidly 

NOUNS
1823 ► OBTUSITY dullness, stupidity, obtuseness; insensibility 
1846 ► SUMPHISHNESS dullness of intellect, stupidity → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1867 ► MUSTINESS dull and unoriginal character; old-fashioned quality; outmodedness 
1886 ► POKINESS dullness, slowness → US
1887 ► DAFTNESS dullness, foolishness → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1960 ► HO-HUM dull or boring matter → Amer. sl.
2006 ► DRAG something dull and boring → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
.M14 ► LOOB a dullard; a fool → Eng. dial.
1377 ► LOOBY a dullard; a fool → Eng. dial.
1390 ► MOPE a dullard; a fool, a stupid person, a simpleton; a dolt, an oaf 
1399 ► HEAVYHEAD a dull, stupid fellow 
1400 ► DASART a dullard; a dazed, stupefied, or inert person → obs.
1400 ► DASIBERD a dullard; a stupid fellow, a fool, a simpleton → obs.
1440 ► DASTARD a dullard; a dolt; one inert or dull of wit → obs.
1513 ► BOWBERT a dull lout, a sluggish fellow, an oaf → Sc. obs.
1513 ► DOWBART a dull or stupid person; one slow of comprehension → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1513 ► DULBERT a dull or stupid person; one slow of comprehension → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1532 ► HAMMER-HEAD a dull, stupid person; a blockhead; an oaf → obs.
1542 ► CAPON a dull, stupid person; an idiot 
1550 ► MOME a dull, ignorant person; a fool, a stupid or silly person; a blockhead, a simpleton → obs.
1553 ► GANDER a dull, stupid person; a fool, a simpleton; a gawky person 
1553 ► LOBCOCK a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a country bumpkin; a lout, a boor; a clumsy, lubberly fellow → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1565 ► DAWKIN a dull, stupid person, a simpleton, a fool → Eng. dial.
1570 ► DUMMEL a dull, stupid person; a dumb person 
1575 ► DRUMBLE a dull, inactive person; an inert or sluggish person; a worn-out person or horse → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1580 ► ADDLE-COVE a dullard; a stupid bungler 
1590 ► MALT-HORSE a dull, stupid fellow; a dolt → obs.
1592 ► ADDLE-HEAD a dullard; a foolish bungler; one whose head is addled 
1593 ► DORBEL a dull-witted person; a dolt; a scholastical pedant → obs.
1595 ► LOGGERHEAD a dullard; a fool → sl.
1597 ► LUMP a dull, heavy person 
..17C ► SHUTTLE-BRAIN a dullard; an oaf → colloq.
..17C ► SHUTTLE-HEAD a dullard; an oaf → colloq.
..17C ► SHUTTLE-WIT a dullard; an oaf → colloq.
1601 ► ADDLE-PATE a dullard; a stupid bungler; a weak, silly person; a foolish person 
1604 ► LOB-COAT a dull, heavy person; a country bumpkin; a clown, a lout, a boor; a blundering fool → obs.
1605 ► DUMB OX a heavy dullard; an oaf → US colloq.
1605 ► RAM-HEAD a dull, thick-witted obstinate person; a stupid person; one who has a head like a ram → obs.
1607 ► CLOD a dull, unresponsive person; a blockhead; a dolt → colloq.
1615 ► DULMAN a dull or stupid person; used humorously as a proper name → obs.
1618 ► PLODDALL a dull or commonplace person; a plodder, a person who works slowly and laboriously → obs.
1631 ► PIG-SCONCE a dullard; a pig-headed fellow, a blockhead, a fool 
1635 ► MOPUS a dull, inactive, stupid, or ineffectual person; a simpleton → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1641 ► VEGETABLE a dull, boring person who leads an inactive, undemanding, and monotonous life → sl.
1697 ► NUMBSKULL → NUMSKULL a dull-witted person; a fool; a blockhead; a dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow 
1700 ► NOCKY a dullard; a silly, dull fellow; a foolish person; a simpleton; an oaf → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1721 ► DOWFART a dull, stupid person → Sc. arch.
1740 ► HOBBIL → HOBBLE a dull, stupid person; a fool; a blockhead, a dunce, an idiot → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1799 ► ADDLE-BRAIN a dullard; a foolish bungler; one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow 
..19C ► DRUMBELO a dull, heavy, inactive fellow → Eng. dial.
1818 ► OMADHAUN a dull, stupid person; a fool, a simpleton → Ireland
1825 ► DOOBIE a dull, stupid person; a fool, a simpleton; a dunce → Sc.
1825 ► MUTTON-HEAD a dull, stupid person; an uninteresting person, a bore 
1835 ► SACK a dull, stupid person → Sc.
1839 ► FEATHER-BRAIN a dull, stupid person; a foolish, giddy person; a silly, light-headed person 
1841 ► CAKE a dullard; a fool → sl.
1841 ► CAKEY a dullard; a fool → sl.
1848 ► GREENY a dull, stupid person; a naive or inexperienced person; a greenhorn; a simpleton → Amer. dial.
.M19 ► LOG OF WOOD a dull, stupid person → Aust. sl.
1857 ► SARDINE a dullard; a fool; a simpleton; a stupid fellow → US sl.
1870 ► MOPY a dull, listless, dreamy fellow; one not over-bright in intellect → Sc.
1880 ► GANSH a dull, stupid, or clumsy person; a silly, stammering fellow who tries to explain himself an fails → Sc.
1882 ► WAHOO a dull, stupid person; a rustic or countrified person → Amer. dial.
1882 ► ZAWKER a dull, stupid fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1883 ► DULLY a dull or stupid person → colloq.
1885 ► EVEN a dull, stupid, slow person; a character, always used in a bad sense → Eng. dial.
1885 ► GEEZER a dull-witted or offensive old person, esp. a man → sl.
1886 ► JAYBIRD a dull, stupid person; a rustic or countrified person → Amer. dial.
1887 ► CABBAGE a dull, stupid, inactive person; a silly person → Amer. sl., derogatory
1889 ► LABRICK a dull, stupid person; a fool; a dolt; an idiot → Amer. sl.
1890 ► JAY a dull, stupid person; a rustic or countrified person → Amer. dial.
1894 ► PUDDINGHEAD a dull-witted or unpleasant person → Amer. dial., usually derogatory
1895 ► LAVERICK a dull, stupid person; a fool; a dolt; an idiot → Amer. dial.
1895 ► LOG a dullard → US sl.
1896 ► JACK LANTERN a dull, stupid fellow; a fool → Amer. dial.
1900 ► DEAF-HEAD a dull, stupid fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► MUTT a dullard; an oaf; a stupid person → US sl.
1905 ► STODGER a dull or lifeless person → colloq.
1905 ► WOMBAT a dull, uninteresting or stupid person → Aust. sl.
1906 ► GINK a dull, ineffectual, or insignificant person; a jerk → sl.
1907 ► DEADHEAD a dull and ineffectual person; a lifeless or boring person → sl.
1907 ► JAYHAWK a dull, stupid person; a rustic or countrified person → Amer. dial.
1910 ► BUNK a dull, oafish, if muscular person → US sl.
1910 ► GOOK → GOUK a dull, stupid, foolish person → sl., orig. US
1910 ► SIMP a dull, stupid person; a fool, a simpleton, an oaf; a dim-witted or backward person → sl., orig. US
1911 ► BLUMF a dull, stupid fellow → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLUNK a dull, lifeless person → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► JAYHAWKER a dull, stupid person; a rustic or countrified person → Amer. dial.
1913 ► COW a dull young man; an awkward girl → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► STIFF a dull and generally unpleasant person → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1915 ► DINGBAT a dull, stupid person; a fool; a silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1916 ► NUDNIK a dull, boring person → Brit. sl.
1917 ► BEAN-HEAD a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf → Amer. sl. 
1919 ► BONE-TOP a dull or stupid fellow; one who makes blunders → Amer. dial.
1919 ► CHICKEN-HEAD a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
1919 ► DUMB-DUMB → DUM-DUM a dull, heavy lummox; a stupid oaf → US sl.
1919 ► MARBLE DOME a dullard; a dolt, a stupid person → Amer. sl.
1919 ► MARBLEHEAD a dullard; a dolt, a stupid person → Amer. sl.
1920 ► PALOOKA a dull, stupid male → sl., orig. US 
1922 ► STODGE a dull person or subject → colloq.
1924 ► DODO a dull, stupid person; a queer, awkward, or disagreeable person → Amer. dial.
1929 ► DUMB CLUCK a dull or stupid person; a fool → sl., orig. US
1930 ► JEFF a dull, stupid person; a pest → sl.
1933 ► STUMBLE-BUM a dullard; an oaf → US sl.
1935 ► DING-A-LING a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf; an odd, giddy person who hears bells; a silly or light-headed person → US sl.
1936 ► ZOMBIE a dullard; a slow-witted person → sl.
1938 ► LOLO a dull, stupid person; a crazy person → Amer. dial.
1941 ► NOAH’S ARK a dull, witless fellow → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘nark’
1942 ► APSAY a dullard; an oaf; a gullible person; a dupe → Amer. Pig Latin for ‘sap’
1945 ► MOULDY FIG a very dull person; a person holding very traditional or conservative views → US colloq.
1948 ► NAILHEAD a dull, stupid person; a fool → Amer. sl.
1950 ► NERD → NURD a dull, unpleasant, or insignificant person → sl., orig. US
1950 ► ZHLUB a dull, unpolished person, usually a male; an oaf or dolt; a fool → US sl.
1953 ► MOEGIE → MOEGOE → MOGGOE→ MOGO a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a country bumpkin; a rustic → S. Afr. colloq., derogatory
1954 ► GEEZLE a dull-witted or offensive old person, esp. a man → US sl.
1954 ► MELVIN a dull, uninformed or obnoxious person; a person who is old-fashioned or unappealing → Amer. sl.
1958 ► BACON-BONCE a dullard; a simpleton; a rustic, a yokel → UK sl.
1958 ► BIND a dull, boring person → Eng. sl. (Bk.)
1959 ► DEADASS an absolute dullard; a lazy or stupid person; a boring or feeble person → Amer. sl.
1960 ► DARK a dullard; a fool → US students’ sl.
1960 ► DUMBHEAD a dull-witted or unpleasant person → Amer. dial., usually derogatory
1960 ► LUNCH a dull, stupid person; a fool → US students’ sl.
1960 ► LUNCHIE a dull, stupid person; a fool → US students’ sl.
1960 ► PEAHEAD a dull-witted or unpleasant person → Amer. dial., usually derogatory
1960 ► ZELDA a dull, uninteresting girl or woman; a stupid, boring woman → US sl.
1963 ► HUMP a dull person; a dolt → US sl.
1965 ► HAYSEED a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
1965 ► LUNCHBUCKET a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person → US students’ sl.
1966 ► BOZO a dull-witted, stupid person; a lout → Amer. dial.
1966 ► DAG a dull and conservative person; a person who has no sense of fashion → Aust. sl.
1966 ► GONK a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
1966 ► GUNK a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
1966 ► LOAD a dull companion → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1967 ► LUNCHBAG a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person → US students’ sl.
1967 ► ZILCH a completely dull, ineffectual, unattractive, or insignificant person; a person without much social or academic ability; a nobody → US sl.
1968 ► AARDVARK a dullard; a fool; a slow-witted person having a coarse or foolish appearance; a simpleton → Amer. sl. 
1968 ► DINGDONG a dull, stupid person; a fool; an oaf; a silly or light-headed person → Amer. dial.
1968 ► GRUNT a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
1968 ► JAG-OFF a dull, stupid person; an inept person → Amer. dial.
1968 ► NIMWIT a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
1969 ► DILL a dullard; a party-spoiler; a bore → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 ► JARHEAD a dull, stupid person; a fool, an oaf → Amer. dial., derogatory
1969 ► LUMPHEAD a dull-witted person, a stupid person → Amer. dial.
1969 ► LUNCHBOX a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person → US students’ sl.
1970 ► DOUCHE BAG a person who impresses people as being dull → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► FRIP a dull, stupid, or foolish person → US students’ sl.
1970 ► GOOBERHEAD a dull, stupid person → Amer. dial.
1970 ► GUMBY a dull, tedious person, esp. one out of touch with current fashions → Can. teen sl.
1970 ► MENSO a dull, stupid person → US high school sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► TROLL a dullard; a stupid person → US Army sl.
1970 ► ZEKE a dull, stupid person; a rustic, a dolt → Amer. dial.
1971 ► DULLHEAD a dull or conventional person → US sl.
1971 ► TWIMBLE a dull person; one who seems to be unintelligent → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1971 ► ZERK a dull or unintelligent person → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► BIG DRINK OF WATER a dull, uninteresting, or boring youth or man, esp. if tall → US sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► SAUSAGE a dull, stupid person; an oaf; one who is as alert as a real sausage → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► ZONKO a dull, boring, thus socially unacceptable person → US students’ sl. 
1977 ► GEEZ a dull-witted or offensive old person, usually a man; an odd or unusual fellow → US sl.
1979 ► LUNCHPAIL a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person → US students’ sl.
1980 ► DEAD MEAT a dull, stupid person → sl.
1984 ► AIRBALL a dull or inconsequential person; an idiot, a fool; someone who has nothing but air, and no brains → US sl.
1987 ► DENSO a dullard; a dense person → US sl.
1988 ► LUNCHSACK a dull, foolish person; an undesirable person → US students’ sl.
1990 ► DROOG a dull person → sl.
1990 ► DROOGIE a dull person → sl.
1992 ► URIAH HEEP a dull or insignificant person; an objectionable or unpleasant person → UK rhyming sl. for ‘creep’ 
2001 ► SAD a dull, unfashionable person → sl.
2006 ► COLD FISH a dull and unresponsive person → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DIM BULB a dull person; a stupid person → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DROOB → DRUBE a dullard; an oaf → US sl. (Bk.)
2007 ► HARD OFF a dull and undersexed male → US sl. (Bk.)
2007 ► SQUARE BISCUIT a dull, plain, and drab person → US sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
1940 ► HIS BREAD IS NOT DONE used to indicate that a person is mentally dull or feeble-minded → Amer. dial.
1999 ► HE WOULDN’T SHOUT IN A SHARK ATTACK said of a dull-witted person → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► IF HIS BRAINS WERE DYNAMITE HE COULDN’T BLOW HIS HAT OFF said of a dull-witted person → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1603 ► UNBESOT to free from dullness or stupidity 
1630 ► EFFATUATE to render dull or stupid → obs.
..E19 ► DOWF to be or make dull or sluggish → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1810 ► BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HEDGE WHEN THE BRAINS WERE GIVEN AWAY to be very dull, brainless, or stupid 
1864 ► NARCOTIZE to dull or deaden