dullness

noun

1. the quality of being slow to understand

Similar word(s): obtuseness

Definition categories: thought, stupidity

2. the quality of lacking interestingness

- the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees

Definition categories: attribute, uninterestingness

3. a lack of visual brightness

- the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea

Definition categories: attribute

4. 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.

Definition categories: attribute, callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness

5. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

- the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible

Similar word(s): bluntness

Definition categories: attribute, configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape