dull vs pretty

dull

adj
  • Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding. 

  • Insensible; unfeeling. 

  • Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly. 

  • Sluggish, listless. 

  • Boring; not exciting or interesting. 

  • Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness. 

  • Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp. 

  • Cloudy, overcast. 

  • Heavy; lifeless; inert. 

  • Not clear, muffled. 

verb
  • To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp. 

  • To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy. 

  • To lose a sharp edge; to become dull. 

  • To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. 

pretty

adj
  • Cunning; clever, skilful. 

  • Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. 

  • Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. 

  • Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. 

  • Awkward, unpleasant. 

adv
  • Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very. 

  • Prettily, in a pretty manner. 

verb
  • To make pretty; to beautify 

noun
  • Something that is pretty. 

  • A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person. 

How often have the words dull and pretty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )