dullness
2
3.4
- noun
- /ˈdʌlnəs/
- By just decreasing the dullness of your environment, you challenge your neurons and build your creativity.
Examples
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So often, the boys who come in here must report the dullness of their carefully conceived young lives.
Fiction book (2001) -
Although nothing else that dramatic ever happened to me, the dullness of school was a dreadful experience.
Fiction book (2002) -
A dullness he had never known before spread through his body.
Fiction book (1995) -
I was struck by the attempt to take away the dullness in her project.
Blog text (28) -
That initial anger she felt had turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts.
Fiction book (1999) -
There would be no harm in them if they simply concluded that language study was not for them, out of dullness or ignorance.
Fiction book (2001) -
The smoke tasted like burning straw in his mouth, but after a while, it created a sort of dullness in his mind.
Fiction book (1998) -
The dullness I have felt since New Year's vanished, and I had to work very hard to appear appropriately sober.
Fiction book (2002) -
Hildegard of Bingen said, "We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice."
Blog text (13) -
After years of routine and monotony, he felt a dullness in his spirit that made everything seem unexciting.
Synonyms
8
4.6
A lack of feeling or interest in things often after long stress
2
4.1
A pleasant, polite style that feels too safe or insincere
2
3.8
A state that makes you lose interest
2
5.3
A state of no life or energy that makes a person feel empty
2
4.9
A lack of taste and energy in food or writing
1
6.2
A dull, gloomy feeling that makes things seem not interesting
1
5.1
A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style
1
5.4
A lack of life, energy, or movement
1
9.3
A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing
1
9.6
Lack of flavor or interest that makes something dull
1
8.4
A feeling that something is dull and boring
1
8.4
A serious, old-fashioned style that feels boring
1
5.6
A boring feeling caused by something that lasts a long time
1
8.2
Being dull and without strong taste or interest
1
5.8
The quality of being boring and unoriginal
1
9.1
The quality of being ordinary and not exciting
Compounds
- Specialized
A triangular area on the front of the chest where the heart makes a dull sound when tapped
How Sensitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember dullness (about feeling) is to think of a knife that has lost its edge: the person feels 'blunted' and not very responsive. So dullness here means a lack of emotional sensitivity or liveliness.