Dull and Native

Dull

Dull adjective - Lacking sharpness of edge or point.

Native and dull are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Dull".

Nearby Words: dullness, dulling, dulled, dully, dullish

Native

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

Dull and native are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dull" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Armando Ianucci's Shows had a sketch where Armando is so sick of hearing about things being unavailable in his native Scotland that he has a nightmare where he dies and goes to Scottish Heaven, which only has smug documentaries and reruns of Taggart and is very dull.
  • Film / About Schmidt He travels around and expresses in amazement that Native Americans got a "raw deal", though his Dull Surprise makes it an Understatement.
  • The earlier westerns while flawed, crude and stereotyped at least admitted that wars with the Native Tribes were crucial parts of American history, and kept the names of Geronimo, Dull Knife and other famous Indian chiefs, tribes and warriors in popular memory.
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