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dullness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dullness \Dull"ness\, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also {dulness}.] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dullness n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: {dulness}, {obtuseness}] 2: the quality of lacking interestingness [syn: {dulness}] 3: a lack of visual brightness [syn: {dulness}] [ant: {brightness}] 4: without sharpness of edge or point [syn: {dulness}, {bluntness}] [ant: {asperity}, {sharpness}]
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