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Noun: dullness dúlnus- The quality of being slow to understand
- obtuseness - The quality of lacking interestingness
"the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
- monotonousness - A lack of visual brightness
"the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" - Lack of sensibility
"there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it." - Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
"the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
- bluntness
Derived forms: dullnesses See also: dull Type of: callosity, callousness, cold-bloodedness, configuration, conformation, contour, form, hardness, insensibility, shape, stupidity, unfeelingness, uninterestingness, visual property Antonym: brightness, sharpness Encyclopedia: Dullness |