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dulled

SayDULD/dʌld/

2 meanings of dulled

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of dull. Use this form for something that already became less sharp, bright, or strong.

    The bad news dulled her excitement about the trip.

    Years of heavy use had dulled the old knife.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Made less sharp, bright, or strong than before.

    Like an old coin that has lost its shine.

    The dulled scissors could barely cut through the cardboard.

    After years outside, the sign had a dulled, faded look.

    Similarfaded, blunted, muted, diminished

    Oppositeheightened, sharpened

dulled is a form of dull

dull, verb: To make a sharp edge or point less sharp. Full entry

Forms
dulldulls he/she/itdulling -ing formdulled past tense, past participle
Spelling
dull → dulled: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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