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   Dull·ness

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   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"
   • 3. the quality of being slow to understand; stupidity: "critical comments on the stupidity or dullness of those in authority"
   • ▪ the quality of not perceiving things distinctly: "you might notice mental dullness that feels like a hangover"

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   What does dullness mean?

   • dullness (usually uncountable, plural dullnesses) The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity. The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome . Lack of interest or excitement. The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen . (of an edge) bluntness. The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.

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   What is a dullness in music?

   • The quality of being slow to understand things. The quality of being uninteresting. The lack of visual brilliance. (of an edge) Bluntness. Its almost complete absence in some of these works makes for monotony and produces a sense of dullness, which may not be inherent in all the details of the music, but is none the less distinctly present.

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   What is the dictionary definition of dull?

   • Dictionary source: Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 English to English translation of dull ( v. t.) To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point.

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   How many occurrences of the noun dullness per million words?

   • About 0.7 occurrences per million words in modern written English How is the noun dullness pronounced? Where does the noun dullness come from?

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   the fact of being cloudy and slightly dark. Despite the dullness of the weather, she whistled all the way home. Definition of dullness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Aug 31, 2023 · The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity. The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome . Lack of interest or excitement. The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen . dullness of autumn. (of an edge) bluntness. The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly. dullness of sight, or of hearing.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › dullnessDULLNESS - 138 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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   dullness. Thesaurus > the state of being unhappy and uninterested > dullness. These are words and phrases related to dullness. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dullness.

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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dullness. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   not lively or spirited; listless. not bright, intense, or clear; dim: a dull day; a dull sound. having very little depth of color; lacking in richness or intensity of color. slow in motion or action; not brisk; sluggish: a dull day in the stock market.

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   noun. 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.

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   in English. dullness. Thesaurus > the state of being unhappy and uninterested > dullness. These are words and phrases related to dullness. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dullness. THE STATE OF BEING UNHAPPY AND UNINTERESTED.