Dulness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dullness \Dull"ness\, n.
     The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness;
     drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster;
     want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also
     {dulness}.]
     [1913 Webster]


  
           And gentle dullness ever loves a joke.   --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dulness
       n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: {dullness}, {obtuseness}]
       2: the quality of lacking interestingness [syn: {dullness}]
       3: a lack of visual brightness [syn: {dullness}] [ant: {brightness}]
       4: without sharpness of edge or point [syn: {dullness}, {bluntness}]
          [ant: {asperity}, {sharpness}]