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- Dictionarydullness/ˈdʌlnəs/
noun
- 1. lack of interest or excitement: "tasks of such repetitive and numbing dullness"
- 2. lack of brightness, vividness, or sheen: "flowery options to brighten up the dullness of autumn"
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DULLNESS definition: 1. the fact of not being interesting or exciting, or of not being interested in anything: 2. the…. Learn more.
noun. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point. “the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible”. synonyms: bluntness. see more. noun. the quality of lacking interestingness. “the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees”. synonyms: banality.
tedious, uninteresting; lacking sharpness of edge or point; not resonant or ringing… See the full definition
1. a. Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring: a dull movie. b. Not brisk or rapid; sluggish: Business has been dull. 2. Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt: a dull knife. 3. a. Not intensely or keenly felt: a dull ache. b. Not bright, vivid, or shiny: a dull brown; a glaze with a dull finish. c. Cloudy or overcast: a dull sky. d.
Definition of dullness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to become or make something become less clear, bright, or shiny: Layers of resin applied to the painting had dulled its colour. Often a diamond ring has been dulled by skin oils, soap, and cosmetics. The light in his eyes dulled. to make a knife or blade less sharp, or to become less sharp:
The quality of being slow to understand things. Wiktionary. The quality of being uninteresting. Wiktionary. The lack of visual brilliance. Wiktionary. (of an edge) Bluntness. Wiktionary. Synonyms: insipidity. stodginess. sterility. sterileness. lifelessness. jejuneness. insipidness. flavorlessness. flatness. dryness. drabness. colorlessness.
having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity of color. slow in motion or action;
If you describe someone or something as dull, you mean they are not interesting or exciting. [disapproval] They are both nice people but can be rather dull. I felt she found me boring and dull. The documentary lasts for more than two-and-a-half hours, and there is scarcely a dull minute.
Synonyms for DULLNESS: thickness, density, simpleness, slowness, obtuseness, denseness, mindlessness, dumbness; Antonyms of DULLNESS: brightness, brilliance, intelligence, sharpness, cleverness, perception, quickness, smartness.
