v. |
[1] |
muffle
,
mute
,
damp
,
dampen
,
tone down
|
[2] |
numb
,
benumb
,
blunt
|
[3] |
blunt
|
[4] |
pall
|
[5] |
allay
,
assuage
,
relieve
,
mitigate
,
lessen
,
reduce
|
[6] |
dim
,
tarnish
,
obscure
,
bedim
,
blur
,
cloud
,
becloud
|
[7] |
stupefy
,
narcotize
,
numb
,
benumb
,
desensitize
,
deaden
,
blunt
,
obtund
|
|
adj. |
[1] |
stupid
,
slow-witted
,
dense
,
stolid
,
bovine
,
cloddish
,
clod-like
,
backward
,
obtuse
,
doltish
,
crass
,
dumb
,
(Colloq) thick
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
(Brit) dim as a Toc H lamp
|
[2] |
insensitive
,
numb
,
insensible
,
imperceptive/impercipient
,
unresponsive
,
indifferent
,
unfeeling
,
unsympathetic
,
callous
,
hardened
,
hard
,
inured
,
obtundent
|
[3] |
lifeless
,
indifferent
,
unresponsive
,
sluggish
,
slow
,
listless
,
inactive
,
torpid
|
[4] |
boring
,
tiresome
,
tedious
,
monotonous
,
uninspired
,
uninspiring
,
unoriginal
,
uninteresting
,
humdrum
|
[5] |
dismal
,
dreary
,
depressing
,
sombre
,
grey
,
dark
,
murky
,
gloomy
,
cloudy
,
clouded
,
overcast
,
sunless
|
[6] |
blunted
,
blunt
,
obtuse
|
[7] |
hazy
,
blurry
,
opaque
,
drab
|
[8] |
muffled
,
numbing
,
deadened
,
muted
,
indistinct
|
[9] |
muffled
,
muted
,
softened
|
[10] |
boring
,
deadening
,
ho-hum
,
irksome
,
slow
,
tedious
,
tiresome
,
wearisome
|
[11] |
dense
,
dim
,
dumb
,
obtuse
,
slow
|
[12] |
slow
,
sluggish
|
[13] |
thudding
|
[14] |
leaden
|
|