dullness

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• Dullness — 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}.] [1913 Webster] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dullness — index indistinctness, inertia, languor, opacity, sloth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Dullness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dullness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dullness dullness heaviness flatness Sgm: N 1 infestivity infestivity &c. 837 stupidity &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 want of originality want of originality Sgm: N 1 dearth of ideas …   English dictionary for students

• dullness — noun 1. the quality of being slow to understand • Syn: ↑obtuseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑obtuse (for: ↑obtuseness), ↑dull • Hypernyms: ↑stupi …   Useful english dictionary

• dullness — / dʌlnəs/ noun the fact of being dull ● the dullness of the market …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• dullness — dull ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking interest or excitement. 2) lacking brightness or sheen. 3) (of the weather) overcast. 4) slow to understand; rather unintelligent. 5) indistinctly felt or heard. ► VERB ▪ make or become dull …   English terms dictionary

• dullness — noun see dull I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dullness — See dullish. * * * …   Universalium

• dullness — noun /ˈdʌɫ.nəs/ a) The quality of being slow to understand things. b) The quality of being uninteresting …   Wiktionary

• dullness — dull·ness (dulґnis) diminished resonance on percussion; also a peculiar percussion sound which lacks the normal resonance …   Medical dictionary

• dullness — Synonyms and related words: abruptness, absence of color, acedia, achromaticity, achromatism, adynamia, aloofness, analgesia, anemia, anesthesia, angst, anguish, anxiety, apathy, aridity, aridness, ashiness, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy, atony,… …   Moby Thesaurus