Synonyms of dulled

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adjective

1

as in matte

lacking a surface luster or gloss

it might be best to paint the exposed pipes with a dulled enamel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• matte
• matt
• dull
• grey
• lusterless
• flat
• gray
• mat
• pale
• dim
• darkened
• dark
• tarnished
• black
• obscured
• lackluster
• unpolished
• drab
• muddy
• dimmed
• dingy
• leaden
• mousy
• cloudy
• sombre
• dirty
• obscure
• murky
• somber
• dusky
• gloomy
• mousey
• darkish
• palish
• pitch-black
• pitch-dark
• tenebrous
• stygian
• tenebrific

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rubbed
• shiny
• glossy
• polished
• lustrous
• burnished
• sleek
• varnished
• glazed
• lacquered
• satin
• satiny
• silky
• buffed
• shining
• slippery
• shellacked
• silken
• gleaming
• slick
• brilliant
• sparkling
• glistening
• bright
• dazzling
• shimmering
• luminous
• radiant
• incandescent
• twinkling
• lucid
• resplendent
• effulgent
• lambent
• glowing
• lucent
• brightened
• glinting
• glimmering
• glittering
• scintillating
• refulgent
• fulgent
• beaming
• bedazzling
• gemmy
• candescent

2

as in faded

lacking intensity of color

the dulled colors and brownish tones are characteristic of this painter's works

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faded
• pale
• dull
• light
• faint
• washy
• pastel
• neutral
• washed-out
• grey
• lackluster
• lusterless
• dim
• white
• bleached
• gray
• washed
• muddy
• matte
• dirty
• mat
• matt
• blanched
• colorless
• indistinct
• whitened
• achromatic
• unpainted
• flat
• unstained
• uncolored
• undyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark
• deep
• rich
• vivid
• brilliant
• bright
• gay
• vibrant
• colored
• stained
• tinged
• painted
• tinted
• dyed
• chromatic
• colorful
• loud
• prismatic
• rainbow
• variegated
• multicolored
• gaudy
• showy
• flashy
• garish
• polychromatic
• varicolored
• motley
• polychrome
• splashy

3

as in blunted

lacking sharpness of edge or point

the dulled blade of a knife that had been stored in a drawer full of miscellaneous utensils

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blunted
• blunt
• dull
• flattened
• rounded
• obtuse
• smooth
• dullish
• level
• even
• flat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sharp
• edged
• sharpened
• keen
• honed
• pointed
• ground
• cutting
• edgy
• jagged
• spiked
• whetted
• spiky
• prickly
• needlelike
• spiny
• scratching
• piercing
• spikelike
• spikey
• lacerating
• stabbing
• jabbing
• ultrasharp

dulled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dull

1

as in reduced

to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling

the aspirin dulled his headache and he was soon feeling better

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blunted
• reduced
• diminished
• subsided
• weakened
• numbed
• dampened
• deadened
• damped
• subdued
• decreased
• eased
• benumbed
• cauterized
• muted
• lessened
• muffled
• alleviated
• waned
• lowered
• enfeebled
• receded
• dwindled
• debilitated
• lightened
• toned (down)
• tapered (off)
• moderated
• let up (on)
• abated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sharpened
• enhanced
• intensified
• strengthened
• heightened
• augmented
• deepened
• amplified
• stimulated
• whetted
• consolidated
• magnified
• aroused
• boosted
• stepped up
• redoubled
• animated
• beefed (up)

2

as in bleached

to make white or lighter by removing color

the painting's once-vivid colors have been dulled by time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faded
• bleached
• brightened
• paled
• blanched
• whitened
• decolorized
• dimmed
• snowed
• lightened
• blenched
• washed out
• matted
• silvered
• frosted
• whitewashed
• etiolated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deepened
• darkened
• blackened
• tarnished
• streaked
• discolored
• mottled
• painted
• shaded
• tinged
• spotted
• flecked
• stained
• speckled
• patterned
• blotched
• tinted
• striped
• dyed
• marbled
• colored
• striated
• variegated
• checkered
• shone
• embrowned
• daubed
• polished
• shined
• pigmented
• splotched
• burnished
• dappled
• specked
• tinctured
• polychromed