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dull·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
dullness, obtusenessnoun
the quality of being slow to understand
dullnessnoun
the quality of lacking interestingness
"the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
dullnessnoun
a lack of visual brightness
"the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"
dullnessnoun
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."
dullness, bluntnessnoun
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
"the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
Wiktionary
dullnessnoun
The quality of being slow to understand things.
dullnessnoun
The quality of being uninteresting.
dullnessnoun
The lack of visual brilliance.
dullnessnoun
bluntness.
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dullness
Dullness refers to the lack or absence of excitement, interest, brightness, or intensity. It can also refer to a lack of sharpness or quickness of wit or mind. In medical context, it could also refer to a decrease or lack of resonance, as in percussion of a body part. It is a state of being uninspired, insipid, or monotonous.
Webster Dictionary
Dullnessnoun
the state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dullness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dullness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of dullness in a Sentence
Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.
Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
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