dullnessdulnessn.

/ˈdʌlnɪs/

Etymology: < dull adj. + -ness suffix. The former spelling is more in accordance with general analogies, as in smallness, illness, stillness, drollness, though the latter has hitherto been more prevalent.

The state or quality of being dull.

1. Slowness or obtuseness of intellect; stupidity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun]

hardnessOE

stuntnessc1000

sotshipc1050

witlessnessa1100

sotheada1200

dullness1398

bluntness1483

slowness1495

grossnessa1530

stupidity?1541

assishness?1548

dastardness1552

lourderie1555

dastardliness1556

blockishness1561

doltishness1569

sottage1569

sheepishness1574

doltry1581

sottishness1589

doltage1593

dorbellism1593

grout-headry1600

opacity1611

duncery1615

dunstery1615

stupidness1619

hebetude1621

insulsity1623

unintelligence1634

obtuseness1648

jobbernowlism1652

dullery1653

non-intelligence1653

blockheadishness1656

crassness1664

blockheadedness1716

stolidness1727

blockheadism1753

numbskullity1779

nincompoophood1791

duncishness1805

numbskullism1806

foziness1821

noodledum1821

obtusity1823

soft-headedness1823

noodledom1827

duncehood1829

dunderheadedness1830

sumphishness1830

asininity1831

dunderheadism1836

stockishness1837

dullardness1840

fat-headedness1840

stupor1845

duncedom1847

misintelligence1848

nincompoopery1850

wooden-headedness1850

dumminess1852

jolterheadedness1852

ninnyship1852

donkeyism1855

dumbness1860

beef-wittedness1863

crassitude1865

donkeyhood1869

slow-wittedness1869

chuckle-headedness1880

leatherheadedness1880

pinheadedness1884

numbskulledness1885

donkeydom1889

thickheadedness1889

density1894

moronism1922

nitwittedness1931

nitwittery1931

noodleness1931

dopiness1942

squirrel-headedness1955

nincompoopism1957

dim-wittedness1960

clottishness1961

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xii. 118 It is a token of dulnesse and of slowe wytte.

1483 Cath. Angl. 111/1 A Dullnes, ebitudo.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 25 Possessed with dullnesse, yea ouerwhelmed with grosse ignorance.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 32 A slow Imagination, maketh that Defect..which is commonly called Dulnesse.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 9 Dulness o'er all possess'd her ancient right, Daughter of Chaos and eternal Night.

1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 190 Dulness and modesty are a more useful combination than cleverness and licence.

2. Sluggishness, inertness, inactivity; drowsiness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness

slowness1357

sluggednessc1425

slugginessc1450

sluggishnessc1450

slowfulness1483

dullness1526

dumpishness1574

lumpishness1574

slow-coaching1837

logginess1924

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQii^v Their ende is drinesse in deuocion dulnesse of spyrite.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 186 Thou art inclinde to sleepe: 'tis a good dulnesse, And giue it way.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 75 in Scepsis Scientifica Such a dulness and inactivity of humor.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxii. 309 From the general dullness of character pervading Spartan citizens.

3. Gloominess of mind or spirits: now esp. as arising from want of interest.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]

unlustOE

sorrowfulnessa1250

heavinessc1275

elengenessec1320

dullnessc1369

tristourc1380

murknessc1390

tristesse1390

faintness1398

ungladnessa1400

droopingc1400

heavity14..

dejectionc1450

terne?a1513

disconsolation1515

descence1526

marea1529

sadness?1537

dumpishness1548

unblessedness1549

dolorousness1553

ruefulness?1574

dolefulness1586

heartlessness1591

languishment1591

mopishness1598

soul-sickness1603

contristation1605

damp1606

gloominess1607

sableness1607

uncheerfulnessa1617

disconsolateness1624

cheerlessnessa1631

dejectedness1633

droopingness1635

disanimation1637

lowness1639

desponsion1641

disconsolacy1646

despondency1653

dispiritedness1654

chagrin1656

demission1656

jawfall1660

weightedness1660

depression1665

disconsolancy1665

grumness1675

despondence1676

despond1678

disheartenednessa1680

glumness1727

low1727

gloom1744

low-spiritedness1754

blue devils1756

black dog1776

humdudgeon1785

blue devilism1787

dispiritude1797

wishtnessc1800

downheartedness1801

blue-devilage1816

dispiritment1827

downcastness1827

depressiveness1832

dolorosity1835

lugubriosity1840

disconsolance1847

down1856

heavy-heartedness1860

lugubriousness1879

sullenness1885

low key1886

melancholia1896

burn-out1903

mokus1924

downness1927

mopiness1927

deflation1933

wallow1934

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 879 Dulnesse was of hir a-drad.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 127 My heid..Dullit in dulnes and distres.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9854 Lette no dolnes you drepe, ne your dede let.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lvi. sig. D4^v Doe not kill The spirit of Loue, with a perpetual dullnesse .

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 32 Mirth endeth in Dulnesse, if not Sadnesse.

4. Irksomeness; uninteresting character or quality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious

irksomeness1533

wearisomeness1579

inanity1603

tediositya1625

drynessa1637

unliveliness1643

flatness1649

tedium1662

tiresomeness1668

aridity1692

languor1741

dullness1751

uninterestingness1794

ponderousness1801

yawniness1805

unimpressiveness1827

slowness1828

grey1830

fadeness1837

woodenness1854

tristeness1866

boresomeness1883

boringness1893

stodginess1899

monochrome1962

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋5 A man of parts, who wanted nothing but the dulness of a scholar.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 243 Grave without dullness.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) x. 231 The deadly dulness of the grounds that surround a first-class family mansion.

5. Want of sensibility or acuteness (of the senses); want of sharpness, clearness, brightness, distinctness, or intensity (of physical qualities); bluntness, dimness, etc.: see dull adj. 2, 6, 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > bluntness > [noun]

dullnessc1440

slowness1440

bluntness1530

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [noun]

dimnessc825

dimc1430

dunnessc1475

dullness1567

dimmedness1596

faintness1651

filminess1727

opacity1794

tenuity1794

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 135/1 Dulnesse of egge, obtusitas.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 3^v Through y^e dulnesse of his owne colour.

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 50 Sport..depending..on the brightness or dulness of the water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dullness
释义	dullnessdulnessn. /ˈdʌlnɪs/ Etymology: < dull adj. + -ness suffix. The former spelling is more in accordance with general analogies, as in smallness, illness, stillness, drollness, though the latter has hitherto been more prevalent. The state or quality of being dull. 1. Slowness or obtuseness of intellect; stupidity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] hardnessOE stuntnessc1000 sotshipc1050 witlessnessa1100 sotheada1200 dullness1398 bluntness1483 slowness1495 grossnessa1530 stupidity?1541 assishness?1548 dastardness1552 lourderie1555 dastardliness1556 blockishness1561 doltishness1569 sottage1569 sheepishness1574 doltry1581 sottishness1589 doltage1593 dorbellism1593 grout-headry1600 opacity1611 duncery1615 dunstery1615 stupidness1619 hebetude1621 insulsity1623 unintelligence1634 obtuseness1648 jobbernowlism1652 dullery1653 non-intelligence1653 blockheadishness1656 crassness1664 blockheadedness1716 stolidness1727 blockheadism1753 numbskullity1779 nincompoophood1791 duncishness1805 numbskullism1806 foziness1821 noodledum1821 obtusity1823 soft-headedness1823 noodledom1827 duncehood1829 dunderheadedness1830 sumphishness1830 asininity1831 dunderheadism1836 stockishness1837 dullardness1840 fat-headedness1840 stupor1845 duncedom1847 misintelligence1848 nincompoopery1850 wooden-headedness1850 dumminess1852 jolterheadedness1852 ninnyship1852 donkeyism1855 dumbness1860 beef-wittedness1863 crassitude1865 donkeyhood1869 slow-wittedness1869 chuckle-headedness1880 leatherheadedness1880 pinheadedness1884 numbskulledness1885 donkeydom1889 thickheadedness1889 density1894 moronism1922 nitwittedness1931 nitwittery1931 noodleness1931 dopiness1942 squirrel-headedness1955 nincompoopism1957 dim-wittedness1960 clottishness1961 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xii. 118 It is a token of dulnesse and of slowe wytte. 1483 Cath. Angl. 111/1 A Dullnes, ebitudo. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 25 Possessed with dullnesse, yea ouerwhelmed with grosse ignorance. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 32 A slow Imagination, maketh that Defect..which is commonly called Dulnesse. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 9 Dulness o'er all possess'd her ancient right, Daughter of Chaos and eternal Night. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 190 Dulness and modesty are a more useful combination than cleverness and licence. 2. Sluggishness, inertness, inactivity; drowsiness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness slowness1357 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 slowfulness1483 dullness1526 dumpishness1574 lumpishness1574 slow-coaching1837 logginess1924 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQii^v Their ende is drinesse in deuocion dulnesse of spyrite. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 186 Thou art inclinde to sleepe: 'tis a good dulnesse, And giue it way. View more context for this quotation 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 75 in Scepsis Scientifica Such a dulness and inactivity of humor. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxii. 309 From the general dullness of character pervading Spartan citizens. 3. Gloominess of mind or spirits: now esp. as arising from want of interest. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] unlustOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 elengenessec1320 dullnessc1369 tristourc1380 murknessc1390 tristesse1390 faintness1398 ungladnessa1400 droopingc1400 heavity14.. dejectionc1450 terne?a1513 disconsolation1515 descence1526 marea1529 sadness?1537 dumpishness1548 unblessedness1549 dolorousness1553 ruefulness?1574 dolefulness1586 heartlessness1591 languishment1591 mopishness1598 soul-sickness1603 contristation1605 damp1606 gloominess1607 sableness1607 uncheerfulnessa1617 disconsolateness1624 cheerlessnessa1631 dejectedness1633 droopingness1635 disanimation1637 lowness1639 desponsion1641 disconsolacy1646 despondency1653 dispiritedness1654 chagrin1656 demission1656 jawfall1660 weightedness1660 depression1665 disconsolancy1665 grumness1675 despondence1676 despond1678 disheartenednessa1680 glumness1727 low1727 gloom1744 low-spiritedness1754 blue devils1756 black dog1776 humdudgeon1785 blue devilism1787 dispiritude1797 wishtnessc1800 downheartedness1801 blue-devilage1816 dispiritment1827 downcastness1827 depressiveness1832 dolorosity1835 lugubriosity1840 disconsolance1847 down1856 heavy-heartedness1860 lugubriousness1879 sullenness1885 low key1886 melancholia1896 burn-out1903 mokus1924 downness1927 mopiness1927 deflation1933 wallow1934 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 879 Dulnesse was of hir a-drad. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 127 My heid..Dullit in dulnes and distres. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9854 Lette no dolnes you drepe, ne your dede let. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lvi. sig. D4^v Doe not kill The spirit of Loue, with a perpetual dullnesse . View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 32 Mirth endeth in Dulnesse, if not Sadnesse. 4. Irksomeness; uninteresting character or quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious irksomeness1533 wearisomeness1579 inanity1603 tediositya1625 drynessa1637 unliveliness1643 flatness1649 tedium1662 tiresomeness1668 aridity1692 languor1741 dullness1751 uninterestingness1794 ponderousness1801 yawniness1805 unimpressiveness1827 slowness1828 grey1830 fadeness1837 woodenness1854 tristeness1866 boresomeness1883 boringness1893 stodginess1899 monochrome1962 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 141. ⁋5 A man of parts, who wanted nothing but the dulness of a scholar. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 243 Grave without dullness. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) x. 231 The deadly dulness of the grounds that surround a first-class family mansion. 5. Want of sensibility or acuteness (of the senses); want of sharpness, clearness, brightness, distinctness, or intensity (of physical qualities); bluntness, dimness, etc.: see dull adj. 2, 6, 7. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > bluntness > [noun] dullnessc1440 slowness1440 bluntness1530 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [noun] dimnessc825 dimc1430 dunnessc1475 dullness1567 dimmedness1596 faintness1651 filminess1727 opacity1794 tenuity1794 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 135/1 Dulnesse of egge, obtusitas. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 3^v Through y^e dulnesse of his owne colour. 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. 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