Dullness Definition & Meaning
dullness
- noun
- 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"
"Dullness" in song lyrics
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"The spirit of love with a perpetual dullness."
William Shakespeare — Sonnet LVI -
"abdomen with distention and shifting dullness"
AOL — AOL
Words that rhyme with dullness
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- What does dullness mean?
- 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
- What part of speech is dullness?
- Dullness is a noun.
- How many definitions does dullness have?
- Dullness has 5 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).