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Definition of dullness



Overview of noun dullness

The noun dullness has 5 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dullness, obtuseness

(the quality of being slow to understand)

2. dullness

(the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees")

3. dullness

(a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea")

4. dullness

(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. dullness, bluntness

(without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible")