Definitions for: Dullness


[n] without sharpness of edge or point
[n] a lack of visual brightness
[n] the quality of lacking interestingness
[n] the quality of being slow to understand



Webster (1913) Definition: Dull"ness, n.
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.

Synonyms: bluntness, dulness, dulness, obtuseness

Antonyms: asperity, brightness, keenness, sharpness

See Also: boringness, configuration, conformation, contour, dimness, dreariness, flatness, form, jejuneness, jejunity, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte, obtuseness, oscitance, oscitancy, shape, stupidity, subduedness, tameness, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, uninterestingness, vapidity, vapidness, visual property

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