dullness
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dullness
- /ˈdʌl.nəs/
noun dullnesses · dulness
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The quality of being slow of understanding things.
Similar: dullwittedness, dimness, dimwittedness · Opposite: sharpness, acuity, brightness, brain, brains, cleverness, head, esprit, intellect, intelligence, mind, nous
- The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome. 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—
- Lack of interest or excitement.
- The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen. dullness of autumn
- bluntness.
- The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly. dullness of sight, or of hearing
- Drowsiness. Prospero: […]Thou art inclin'd to sleep. 'Tis a good dulness, / And give it way— I know thou canst not choose.
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noun quality of being slow to understand
| Français | obtusité |
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| Română | obtuzitate |
| Русский | тупоумие tupoumije, ту́пость túpostʹ |
noun quality of being uninteresting
| Română | plictiseală, dezinteresat |
|---|---|
| Русский | вя́лость vjálostʹ |
noun lack of visual brilliance
| Română | mat, fără strălucire |
|---|---|
| Русский | ту́склость túsklostʹ, ма́товость mátovostʹ, нея́ркость nejárkostʹ |
noun bluntness of an edge
| Русский | затупле́ние zatuplénije, туповатость tupovatostʹ |
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Talk about this word "dullness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dullness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dullness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dullness "dullness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dullness.Cite this
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title = {dullness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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