{
    "term": "dull",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not interesting or exciting",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Life in a small town could be deadly dull."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The countryside was flat, dull and uninteresting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The first half of the game was pretty dull."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's **never a dull moment** when John's around."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The long lectures made the afternoon dull."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie was long and deadly dull."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The work gets a bit dull at times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is the author of several dull novels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've had a dull start to the season."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's never a dull moment in this job."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "dreary",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not bright or shiny",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dull grey colour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "dull, lifeless hair"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her eyes were dull."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fire died down to a dull glow."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not bright, with a lot of clouds",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was a dull, grey day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The town seemed deserted in the dull afternoon light."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "overcast",
            "topics": ["Weather"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not clear or loud",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The gates shut behind him with a dull thud."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not very severe, but continuous",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **dull ache/pain**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "slow in understanding",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dull pupil"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stupid"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "not busy; slow",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't sell into a dull market."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it is not healthy to spend all your time working; you need to relax too",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely boring",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I always found history as dull as ditchwater."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌl/",
                "audio": "du/dull/dull__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʌl/",
                "audio": "du/dull/dull__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English dol ‘stupid’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dol ‘crazy’ and German toll ‘mad, fantastic, wonderful’."
}