| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To make or become less keen or responsive: dull, hebetate, stupefy. See AWARENESS. 2. To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shadow. See CLEAR. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Deficient in brightness: caliginous, dark, dusky, murky, obscure. See LIGHT. 2. Lacking gloss and luster: dull, flat, lackluster, lusterless, mat. See LIGHT. 3. Lacking vividness in color: drab, dull, flat, muddy, murky. See COLORS. 4. Covered by or as if by a thin coating or film: blurry, cloudy, filmy, hazy, misty. See CLEAR. 5. Not clearly perceived or perceptible: blear, bleary, cloudy, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, obscure, shadowy, unclear, undistinct, vague. See CLEAR.
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