Preposition: as

• ditchwater: People forget that and it ends up as dull as ditchwater.

• dishwater: I've said it before but periodontics is often regarded as dull as dishwater.

Modifies a noun

• thud: There is nothing like the dull thud of nylon on nylon.

• ache: The pain lasts minutes to hours, and occurs in spasms with intervals of no pain or dull ache.

• glow: Instead he stared at the dull glow of his laptop computer, his mind wrestling feverishly with the figures on the screen.

• moment: Never a dull moment in the whole 3 hours!

• complexion: Furthermore, rapid or dramatic changes in weight damage the skin's elastin and collagen fibers causing saggy, dull complexion.

• roar: The dull roar of the traffic which converged all day upon London Bridge had died away now to a mere confused murmur.

Modifying Another Word

• dreadfully: Mind you, that would probably be dreadfully dull.

• rather: With all of the animation being computer based, this is a rather dull look at some CGI gone wrong.

• terminally: I thought it was far and away the most exciting event during an otherwise terminally dull race.

• terribly: Despite my geek credentials, Iâm not overly into reading Sci-Fi because I found a lot of it to be terribly dull and overcomplicated.

• incredibly: Next up on the NME tent was Bloc Party a band that I find incredibly dull.

• pretty: At first glance, the Facing Worlds level looks pretty dull.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Jesus shines so brightly that the sun seems dull.

• appear: The circle on the left has a brilliant intensity, while the one on the right appears rather dull.

• sound: It might sound dull, but it tells you more about many of the monarchs and their agents than most popular history books.

Preposition: in

• comparison: These were followed by Restless Flycatcher and Spangled Drongo, which were dull in comparison.

Preposition: with

• rain: The morning kept dull with slight rain at times.

Preposition: by

• comparison: Pick someone more gorgeous or successful than you are and you'll look positively dull by comparison.