dullness

Meanings

Noun

• the quality of being slow to understand
• the quality of lacking interestingness
  • "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
• a lack of visual brightness
  • "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"
• lack of sensibility
  • "there was a dullness in his heart"
  • "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it."
• without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
  • "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

Synonyms

bluntness, obtuseness

Antonyms

brightness, sharpness