POETICISING Antonyms

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• found in the ordinary course of events

• concerned with the world or worldly matters

• belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

• a person who travels by foot

• lacking wit or imagination

• not fanciful or imaginative

• lacking wit or imagination

• not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

• lacking aesthetic sensibility

• not creative

• deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

• dealing only with concrete facts

• lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality

• having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement

• deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

• Not poetic