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



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