English dictionary
dullness
nounPronunciation
ˈdʌl.nəs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
noun
- lack of sensibility
noun
- a lack of visual brightness
noun
- the quality of lacking interestingness
noun
- the quality of being slow to understand
Example sentences
the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible
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.
the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea
the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees