dulled
Sensation grew faint
Dulled describes something that has lost its sharpness, brightness, or intensity.
A dulled knife no longer cuts cleanly.
Pain can be dulled by medication.
Senses become dulled by repetition or fatigue: Years of factory noise had dulled his hearing.
Emotions dull too: Grief had dulled her capacity for joy.
Without feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
numb · deadened · dispassionate · emotionless · withdrawn · disconnected · trauma · grief
Made numb for surgery
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- deadenedMade less intense
- insensateLacking sensation or consciousness
- sedatedCalmed by medication
novocaine · lidocaine · frostbitten · tingling · pins and needles · nerve · sensation · feeling
Lost original color
- dimmedReduced in brightness
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- subduedReduced in intensity
- softenedMade less severe
lessened · weakened · reduced · dampened · toned down · muffled · quieted · blurred
apathetic
Without feeling or concern
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
desensitized · numb · deadened · dispassionate · emotionless · withdrawn · disconnected · trauma · grief · shock
anesthetized
Made numb for surgery
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
- deadenedMade less intense
- insensateLacking sensation or consciousness
sedated · novocaine · lidocaine · frostbitten · tingling · pins and needles · nerve · sensation · feeling · painless
faded
Lost original color
softened · lessened · weakened · reduced · dampened · toned down · muffled · quieted · blurred · clouded
luster
Soft reflected light
finish · patina · oxidized · corroded · discolored · clouded · foggy · smudged · scratched · worn
blade
Flat cutting edge
chisel · sharpening · whetstone · honing · grindstone · cutlery · razor · axe · scalpel · serrated
- blade sharpnesssharp, blunt, keen, razor-sharp, honed
- sensitivitysensitivity, sensitive, hypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive
- equipment conditionsworn, damaged, broken, rusted, dented
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- exhaustedtired, weary, exhausted, drained, fatigued
- pallorpale, pallid, wan, ashen, pasty
dulledsharpened
Made more cutting
heightened · quickened · awakened · sensitized · alert
- dull painMuted, lingering bodily discomfort
- dull acheMild persistent soreness
- dull as dishwaterExtremely uninteresting or boring
- dull eyesGaze without light
- dull skinComplexion lacking luminosity
- dull blade
dull, dullness, dully, dulls, dulling, duller, dullard, dullest, dullish