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Definition of Dullness
1. Noun. The quality of being slow to understand.
Exact synonyms: Obtuseness
Generic synonyms: Stupidity
Specialized synonyms: Oscitance, Oscitancy
Derivative terms: Dull, Obtuse, Obtuse
Generic synonyms: Stupidity
Specialized synonyms: Oscitance, Oscitancy
Derivative terms: Dull, Obtuse, Obtuse
2. Noun. The quality of lacking interestingness. "The stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
Generic synonyms: Uninterestingness
Specialized synonyms: Boringness, Dreariness, Insipidity, Insipidness, Tediousness, Tedium, Tiresomeness, Jejuneness, Jejunity, Tameness, Vapidity, Vapidness
Attributes: Dull
Derivative terms: Dull, Dull
Specialized synonyms: Boringness, Dreariness, Insipidity, Insipidness, Tediousness, Tedium, Tiresomeness, Jejuneness, Jejunity, Tameness, Vapidity, Vapidness
Attributes: Dull
Derivative terms: Dull, Dull
3. Noun. A lack of visual brightness. "The brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"
Generic synonyms: Visual Property
Specialized synonyms: Dimness, Subduedness, Flatness, Lusterlessness, Lustrelessness, Mat, Matt, Matte
Antonyms: Brightness
Derivative terms: Dull, Dull, Dull
Specialized synonyms: Dimness, Subduedness, Flatness, Lusterlessness, Lustrelessness, Mat, Matt, Matte
Antonyms: Brightness
Derivative terms: Dull, Dull, Dull
4. Noun. Lack of sensibility. "Without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."
Generic synonyms: Callosity, Callousness, Hardness, Insensibility, Unfeelingness
Derivative terms: Dull, Dull
Derivative terms: Dull, Dull
5. Noun. Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point. "The dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
Exact synonyms: Bluntness
Specialized synonyms: Obtuseness
Generic synonyms: Configuration, Conformation, Contour, Form, Shape
Derivative terms: Blunt, Blunt, Dull
Antonyms: Sharpness, Sharpness
Specialized synonyms: Obtuseness
Generic synonyms: Configuration, Conformation, Contour, Form, Shape
Derivative terms: Blunt, Blunt, Dull
Antonyms: Sharpness, Sharpness
Definition of Dullness
1. n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.
Definition of Dullness
1. the state of being dull [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Dullness
1. Dulness The character of the sound obtained by percussing over a solid part incapable of resonating; usually applied to an area containing less air than those which can resonate. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dullness
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