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dullish

dullish adjective: somewhat dull; dull to a degree.

Adjective

dullish (comparative more dullish, superlative most dullish)

  1. Somewhat dull; dull to a degree.
    • Harry said "No.” Voted her dullish, and “cold like all blond women, with a touch, perhaps, of anæmia of the brain.”1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 121

Forms of dullish

comparativemore dullish
superlativemost dullish

Origin of dullish

From Middle English dullissh, equivalent to dull + -ish.

Words formed from dullish

Questions about dullish

What does dullish mean?
Dullish means somewhat dull; dull to a degree.
What part of speech is dullish?
Dullish is an adjective.

Words near dullish in the dictionary

  1. dullifying
  2. Dulliken
  3. dulling
  4. Dullingham
  5. dullings
  6. dullish
  7. dullishly
  8. dullities
  9. dullity
  10. dullness
  11. dullnesses

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