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Dullness (Noun)

Meaning 1

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.".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Hypernyms

  • Callousness
  • Callosity
  • Insensibility
  • Hardness

Related Words

  • Dull (adjective)

Meaning 2

The quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Hyponyms

  • Vapidity
  • Vapidness
  • Tiresomeness
  • Insipidity
  • Insipidness
  • Dreariness
  • Tameness
  • Tedium
  • Jejuneness

Related Words

  • Dull (adjective)

Meaning 3

Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Bluntness

Antonyms

  • Sharpness

Hypernyms

  • Configuration
  • Contour
  • Conformation
  • Form

Related Words

  • Dull (adjective)

Meaning 4

A lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Antonyms

  • Brightness

Hyponyms

  • Matt
  • Lustrelessness
  • Subduedness
  • Lusterlessness
  • Mat
  • Matte

Related Words

  • Dull (adjective)

Meaning 5

The quality of being slow to understand.

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

  • Obtuseness

Hyponyms

  • Oscitance

Related Words

  • Dull (adjective)
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