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Dullness

//ˈdʌl.nəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being slow of understanding things. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    without sharpness or clearness of edge or point wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome. uncountable, usually

    "If to raise malicious smiles at the infirmities or misfortunes of those who have never injured us be the province of wit or Humour, Heaven grant me a double Portion of Dullness—"

  4. 4
    lack of sensibility wordnet
  5. 5
    Lack of interest or excitement. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    a lack of visual brightness wordnet
  2. 7
    The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen. uncountable, usually

    "dullness of autumn"

  3. 8
    the quality of lacking interestingness wordnet
  4. 9
    bluntness. uncountable, usually
  5. 10
    the quality of being slow to understand wordnet
  6. 11
    The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly. uncountable, usually

    "dullness of sight, or of hearing"

  7. 12
    Drowsiness. archaic, uncountable, usually

    "Prospero: […]Thou art inclin'd to sleep. 'Tis a good dulness, / And give it way— I know thou canst not choose."

Etymology

From dull + -ness.

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