Dullness

Dull´ness

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.

And gentle dullness ever loves a joke.

- Pope.

Noun	1.	dullness - the quality of being slow to understand Synonyms: dulness, obtuseness
	2.	dullness - the quality of lacking interestingness Synonyms: dulness
	3.	dullness - a lack of visual brightness Synonyms: dulness Antonyms: brightness - the location of a visual perception along the black-to-white continuum
	4.	dullness - without sharpness of edge or point Synonyms: bluntness, dulness Antonyms: asperity, sharpness - harshness of manner keenness, sharpness - thinness of edge or fineness of point

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