dullness
Collocations
2ADJ.
double
DULLNESS + NOUN
autumn, sight
Definitions
noun
The quality of being slow of understanding things.
The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.
If to raise malicious smiles at the infirmities or misfortunes of those who have never injured us be the province of wit or Humour, Heaven grant me a double Portion of Dullness—
Lack of interest or excitement.
The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.
dullness of autumn
bluntness.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
- bluntness
noun — the quality of being slow to understand
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5If to raise malicious smiles at the infirmities or misfortunes of those who have never injured us be the province of wit or Humour, Heaven grant me a double Portion of Dullness—
Wiktionarydullness of autumn
Wiktionarydullness of sight, or of hearing
WiktionaryIs the fact that the meaning of our own sentences escapes us a sign of ingenuity or dullness?
Tatoeba · #6026249I’ve had enough of life’s dullness.
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