dullish

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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. Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dullish
Adjective
  • The locker rooms and antechambers behind the scenes are drab and plain.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The main colors are dull gray and drab brown.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And, actually, representative of the sport in these non-boring ’20s.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Aesha knows a thing or two about Bitcoin, despite finding it a boring topic of conversation — her fiancé, Scott, is into crypto.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His career as a digital modeler at Kia made his daily commute monotonous, prompting him to explore alternative aerial vehicles.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Many people get caught up in repetitive routines or the pressures of adult life, which can make days feel monotonous.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, Florida and parts of the Southeast and Gulf Coast will see a mostly soggy, damp weekend.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Watch for signs of overwatering, such as soggy areas or standing water in the lawn.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Saddled with an uninteresting jerk half the time and a muzzled non-entity the other half, there’s only a handful of moments in the first six episodes where Powell’s star power shines through.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Eventually the road emerges into what seems like an uninteresting parking lot with a public restroom.
    Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The reigning European champions were scattered in defence, prosaic and shallow in attack, despite the options at Renee Slegers’ disposal.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Unsurprisingly, The Life of a Showgirl is a stark departure from last year’s deeply personal, prosaic, and tortured-as-hell The Tortured Poets Department.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The upshot of this contempt is a season that layers hypocrisy as well as sanctimony over the grubby, tedious nihilism that made Dahmer so miserable to watch.
    Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Their analysis suggests professors tend to automate more tedious and routine work, including financial and administrative tasks.
    Lee V. Gaines, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Dullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dullish. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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