Dullness - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdʌlnəs|
Brit.
|ˈdʌlnəs|
noun
- the quality of being slow to understand (syn: obtuseness)
- the quality of lacking interestingness
- the quality of lacking interestingness
the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees
- a lack of visual brightnessthe brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea
- lack of sensibilitythere 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.
- without sharpness or clearness of edge or point (syn: bluntness)without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it.
the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible
Extra examples
Theobald as a plodding antiquarian, was an excellent exponent of dullness.
His dullness's just giving me the pip.
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