dullness [ 'dʌlnis ]

• n.
  • the quality of being slow to understand

    同义词： obtuseness

  • 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"

    同义词： bluntness

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