Dull and Edge

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Dull

Dull verb - To reduce or weaken in strength or feeling.
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Edge is an antonym for dull.
Nearby Words: dullness, dulling, dulled, dully, dullish

Edge

Edge verb - To make sharp or sharper.
Usage example: if you edge the tip of that stick, it should be a fine skewer for roasting marshmallows
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Dull is an antonym for edge in topics: border, sharpen, defeat narrowly.
Nearby Words: edgy, edged, edging
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  • There were also accusations that success, fame, marriage and fatherhood had all conspired to dull his edge.
    Source: Comic Strip / Life in Hell
  • DULL is the watchword, unless watching Richard Gere’s Shatnerian reactions to a phone ringing is your idea of edge-of-the-seat horror.
    Source: No Hugging, No Kissing
  • Regular blades go dull; an edge that can be measured in atoms becomes an ordinary knife very quickly if those atoms do not have very strong atomic and intermolecular bonds.
    Source: Sharpened to a Single Atom
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