dullness meaning and definition

DULLNESS noun

Definition of dullness (noun)

1. the quality of being slow to understand
   • synonyms: 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"
   • antonym: 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"
   • synonyms: bluntness
   • antonym: asperity