Dullness - Definition

n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: dullness,
obtuseness]
2: the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of
a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
3: a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange
sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" [ant:
brightness]
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."
5: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the
dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn:
dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness,
sharpness]