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dullness

'dʌlnʌs

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noun
the quality of being slow to understand
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Similar:

obtuseness

type of:
stupidity
noun
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
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"the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

Similar:

bluntness

Opposite:

sharpness

type of:
form shape contour configuration conformation
noun
a lack of visual brightness
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"the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"
Opposite:

brightness

type of:
visual property
noun
lack of sensibility
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"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."

type of:
callousness callosity unfeelingness hardness insensibility
noun
the quality of lacking interestingness
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"the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"

type of:
uninterestingness

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