dulled

Other forms of dulled

comparative

dulledder·

superlative

dulleddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dulled

What does dulled mean?

dulled means "having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dulled?

dulled has 1 syllable: dulled. In IPA it is /ˈdʌld/.

What is another word for dulled?

Close synonyms include benumbed, blunted, greyed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dulled a common word?

dulled is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.