Dull and Ringing

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Dull

Dull adjective - Not loud in pitch or volume.
Usage example: a dull roar from the distance
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Ringing is an antonym for dull.
Nearby Words: dullness, dulling, dulled, dully, dullish

Ringing

Ringing adjective - Marked by a high volume of sound.
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Dull is an antonym for ringing.
Nearby Words: ring, ringer, ringed
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  • 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
  • At the end of the cover of "Helpless" on the Garage Days Re-Revisited EP, you can hear Lars saying something like "Keep it dull, keep it ringing out, let it ring out.", and then "Okay, turn it off now." after a few seconds pass.
    Source: Studio Chatter
  • Children of Men has this occuring to the main character during a terrorist bombing: Theo witnesses a bomb go off in the street and we hear a sort of dull ringing in the background.
    Source: Shell-Shock Silence
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