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dull
dull weather
Dull weather is grey and gloomy, with little or no sunshine.
Hear it in real life
Shall we eat outside?
Not today—the weather’s dull and chilly.
It’s a bit dull today, so I’m going to stay in and catch up on some reading.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The weather is boring today.
Say: The weather is dull today.
Use “dull” for grey, sunless weather; “boring” describes something uninteresting.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
dull weather/day; it is dull
How sunny?
Weather · Sunshine: the words around “dull”.
dull Grey and gloomy, with no sun to cheer the day up. A British small-talk word that describes how the weather feels.
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Your turn: say it out loud
It’s a bit dull today, so I’m going to stay in and catch up on some reading.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
dull
dull weather
“It’s a bit dull today, so I’m going to stay in and catch up on some reading.”
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