"dullness" | Definition and Related Words

dullness

Noun

The quality of being slow to understand (synset 105653884)
is a type of: stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

subtypes: oscitance, oscitancy - drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning

same as: obtuseness
The quality of lacking interestingness (synset 105213007)
"the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"

tells us about: dull - lacking in liveliness or animation

is a type of: uninterestingness - inability to capture or hold one's interest
subtypes:
- boringness, dreariness, insipidity, insipidness - extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
- tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness - dullness owing to length or slowness
- jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidness - the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
A lack of visual brightness (synset 104962810)
"the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"

is a type of: visual property - an attribute of vision
subtypes:
- dimness, subduedness - the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
- flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte - the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Lack of sensibility (synset 104852122)
"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."

is a type of: callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness - devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point (synset 104713019)
"the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

is a type of: configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

subtypes: obtuseness - the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point

same as: bluntness

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