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Definition of 'dullness'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) dullness, obtuseness
the quality of being slow to understand

2. (noun) dullness
the quality of lacking interestingness
"the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"

3. (noun) dullness
a lack of visual brightness
"the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"

4. (noun) dullness
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."

5. (noun) dullness, bluntness
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
"the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

Definition of 'dullness'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) dullness
the state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness

Translation of 'dullness'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not exciting or interesting a very dull book.
Afrikaans: verveling	Arabic: بَلادَه، بُطء الفَهْم	Bulgarian: скука
Brazilian: estupidez	Czech: hloupost; nudnost	German: die Stumpfsinnigkeit
Danish: kedsommelighed	Greek: ανία	Spanish: lo aburrido, insulsez
Estonian: igavus	Farsi: کندی؛ ملالت	Finnish: harmaus
French: caractère ennuyeux	Hebrew: שִׁעֲמוּם	Hindi: सुस्ती, निरुत्साहता, धुंध
Croatian: tromost, tupost	Hungarian: tompaság, unalom	Indonesian: kebodohan
Icelandic: heimska; deyfð; andleysi	Italian: monotonia	Japanese: 鈍さ
Korean: 둔함	Lithuanian: nuobodumas, bukumas	Latvian: stulbums; trulums; blāvum
Malay: kebosanan	Dutch: saai	Norwegian: treghet, tristhet
Polish: nuda, tępota	Persian: کندی	Pashto: غړنديتوب
Portuguese: estupidez	Romanian: plictiseală	Russian: тупость; скука
Slovak: nechápavosť	Slovenian: topost	Serbian: dosada
Swedish: tröghet, tråkighet	Thai: ความโง่; ไม่มีชีวิตชีวา	Turkish: sıkıcılık, kasvetlilik
Taiwanese: 遲鈍，陰沉沉，枯燥乏味	Ukrainian: тупість; нудота	Urdu: بے لطفی
Vietnamese: sự đần độn; buồn tẻ	Chinese: 迟钝，单调，乏味
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