as in drab
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Recent Examples of dullish
Although his dullish voice-overs attempt to establish him as a deep thinker and observer, Moss outwardly comes off as anything but: surly, cocky, needy, slackerish, immature.
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Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dullish
Adjective
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And that eye could see past Dorothy’s drab uniform and Cindy Brady pigtails, her tall girl’s diffidence and her sweet girl’s shyness, to the bombshell smoldering underneath.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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For Rejuvenation To add a little energy to an otherwise drab day, or give yourself a mental reset, look for essential oils that calm the nervous system while gently lifting your mood.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Yes, the rich women went to Sedona on Sutton’s private plane, but before that there were a few scenes back in boring old Los Angeles.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Disease prevention should be boring, routine, expected, and easy to access.—
Uché Blackstock,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Slowly the camera pulls back to reveal an interior window, and then the back of a man’s head in silhouette, as our protagonist watches the monotonous procession.—
John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Clear Lake's one-day Color the Wind Kite Festival in February began more than 20 years ago to brighten up monotonous winter days in northern Iowa.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Midwest Living,
29 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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By the start of the 20th century, instead of offering a few prosy sentences that gestured vaguely toward ingredient amounts, American recipes increasingly began with a list of ingredients in precise, numerical quantities: teaspoons, ounces, cups.—
Helen Zoe Veit,
Smithsonian,
19 Sep. 2017
Adjective
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Unhealthy roots are brown, mushy, soggy, and sometimes have a sweet, fungus-like smell, all signs that the roots have started to rot, according to Kondrat.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2026
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Choose an area with well-draining soil that doesn’t get soggy and receives six to eight hours of full sun each day.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Carol is assigned a liaison from the hive mind, Zosia (Karolina Wydra), an unfailingly polite and stubbornly uninteresting woman who uses the wealth of information at her disposal to try to mollify her unhappy charge.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 Nov. 2025
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With both of these cases being largely hollow and uninteresting, even despite the involvement of a traffic-cone-size butt plug, the burden is on Allura’s arc to grip us.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout, the depth and quality of Sullivan’s attention to prosaic detail—even plain and unappealing objects—never wavers.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
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The roots of these songs, though, are more prosaic.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Who among us hasn’t put off icky things such as a tedious work assignment, a fridge deep clean or a difficult conversation?—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
9 Jan. 2026
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But implementing tariffs to replace the IEEPA levies would be tedious.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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