5
unimaginative(adjective, dull, excite, stuffy)
4
colorless(adjective, dull, flat, excite, stupid)
4
dowdy(adjective, plain, cheap, tasteless, gaudy)
4
frumpish(adjective, tacky)
4
irksome(adjective, dull, flat, stupid, dead)
4
moss-grown
4
old-fashioned
4
spiritless(adjective, dull, flat, excite, stupid)
4
stick-in-the-mud
4
stiff(boring, tedious, syrupy, tiresome, viscous)
4
turgid(adjective, dull, stuffy)
4
unexciting(adjective, dull, flat, heavy, stupid)
3
bland
3
drab(adjective, dull, excite, plain, stupid)
3
express
3
formal(adjective, dull, explicit, stuffy)
3
gelatinous(adjective, solid, syrupy, viscous, gooey)
3
heavyset(adjective, fat, stocky)
3
ho-hum
3
matter-of-fact(adjective, excite)
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