dullness
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
the quality of being slow to understand
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Sense 2 noun
the quality of lacking interestingness
the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees
Types & categories
- uninterestingness hypernym
- insipidity hyponym
- tediousness hyponym
- jejunity hyponym
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Sense 3 noun
a lack of visual brightness
the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea
Types & categories
- visual property hypernym
- subduedness hyponym
- lusterlessness hyponym
Related & opposite
- brightness antonym
- dull derivation
- dull derivation
- leaden derivation
Sense 4 noun
lack of sensibility
there was a dullness in his heart
Types & categories
- unfeelingness hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
- obtuseness hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dumb |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purblind |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stupidity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oscitance |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | dull |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dull |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadening |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | uninterestingness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | insipidity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tediousness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jejunity |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | brightness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dull |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dull |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | leaden |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | visual property |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subduedness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lusterlessness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dull |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dull |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | unfeelingness |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | asperity |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | keenness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dull |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunt |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtuseness |