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dullness

DEFINITIONS OF: dullness

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n without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

“the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible”
Synonyms:
bluntness
Antonyms:
asperity, sharpness
harshness of manner
keenness, sharpness
thinness of edge or fineness of point
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Types:
obtuseness
the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point
Type of:
configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

n the quality of lacking interestingness

“the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees”
Types:
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boringness, dreariness, insipidity, insipidness
extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness
dullness owing to length or slowness
jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidness
the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
drag
something tedious and boring
Type of:
uninterestingness
inability to capture or hold one's interest

n the quality of being slow to understand

Synonyms:
obtuseness
Types:
oscitance, oscitancy
drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning
Type of:
stupidity
a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

n 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.”
Type of:
callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness
devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

n a lack of visual brightness

“the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea”
Antonyms:
brightness
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
Types:
dimness, subduedness
the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Type of:
visual property
an attribute of vision
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