dullness
dullness is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abeyance
- and
- blanket
- blunt
- book
- boring
- caught
- cold
- commonplace
- conte
- damp
- dead
- deadly
- dearth
- depress
- ditch
- dormant
- dry
- dull
- dust
- ear
- fact
- fall
- fire
- flat
- flatness
- gas
- hang
- heaviness
- heavy
- humdrum
- importance
- inaction
- inactive
- inactively
- inactivity
- inert
- inertia
- inertion
- inertness
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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