dullest
SayDUL-ist/ˈdʌlɪst/
- 1Superlative of dull.
Of all the talks that afternoon, the budget review was easily the dullest.
Even the dullest blade in the kit eventually wore through the rope.
Note
A one-syllable adjective normally takes endings rather than more and most, so the top degree of dull is built with -est. Most dull is possible but far less usual. The superlative carries every meaning of the base: the dullest knife cuts worst, the dullest finish has no shine, the dullest lecture bores, and the dullest pupil is slowest to understand. Context, not form, tells them apart.
dullest is a form of dull
dull, adjective: Lacking excitement or interest; tedious enough to make time seem to drag. Full entry
- Spelling
- dull → dullest: add -est
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