DULLNESS

dullness, bluntness

(noun) without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; “the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible”

dullness

(noun) 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.”

dullness

(noun) a lack of visual brightness; “the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea”

dullness

(noun) the quality of lacking interestingness; “the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees”

dullness, obtuseness

(noun) the quality of being slow to understand

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Noun

dullness (usually uncountable, plural dullnesses)

The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.

The quality of being uninteresting; boring or irksome.

Lack of interest or excitement.

The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.

(of an edge) bluntness.

The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.

(archaic) Drowsiness.

Source: Wiktionary

---

Dull"ness, n.

Definition: The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins