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dullness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | obtuseness |
| Type of | stupidity |
| Has types | oscitance, oscitancy |
| Derivation | dull |
dullness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bluntness |
| Type of | form, shape, contour, configuration, conformation |
| Has types | obtuseness |
| Derivation | dull |
the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | visual property |
| Has types | lusterlessness, subduedness, dimness, flatness, matte, matt, mat, lustrelessness |
| Derivation | dull |
the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | callousness, callosity, unfeelingness, hardness, insensibility |
| Derivation | dull |
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 | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | uninterestingness |
| Has types | jejuneness, insipidness, insipidity, boringness, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, vapidity, vapidness, jejunity, dreariness, tameness |
| Derivation | dull |
the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees.
Examples of dullness
dullness
This dullness and general passivity is now the cause of massive economic damage.
From the independent.co.uk
It says something about the dullness of the programme that this was a highlight.
From the independent.co.uk
The slow greens, gray skies and steady rain cast dullness over Augusta National.
From the newsday.com
The rent-a-warriors trade comments about the dullness of this routine operation.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Dullness is not something the museums in his charge have ever been accused of.
From the economist.com
And I bet she's still got Del Palmer layering it with dullness as only he can.
From the guardian.co.uk
The film starts with a core of dullness so thick it never gets past humdrum.
From the newsobserver.com
It can be a place to get away from the danger and dullness of prison life.
From the thenewstribune.com
Who writes to a newspaper yearning for dullness and lack of inventiveness?
From the guardian.co.uk
- The quality of being slow to understand
- The quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
- A lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"
- 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."
- Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
- In medicine, shifting dullness refers to a sign, elicited on physical examination, for ascites. If, on percussion, the region of dullness (denoting ascites) shifts when the patient is turned from supine position to side-lying, they probably have fluid in the abdomen. ...
- A deluded mental factor that functions to make both the body and mind heavy and inflexible. See Understanding the Mind.
- A decrease in the reflective quality of the stone polish.
- A thudlike sound produced during percussion by dense tissue of body organs such as the liver, spleen, or heart
