Synonyms for dullness

Synonyms for (noun) dullness

Synonyms: bluntness, dullness

Definition: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

Usage: the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible

Similar words: configuration, conformation, contour, shape, form

Definition: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

Usage: he could barely make out their shapes


Synonyms: dullness

Definition: lack of sensibility

Usage: 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.

Similar words: unfeelingness, insensibility, hardness, callosity, callousness

Definition: devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness


Synonyms: dullness

Definition: a lack of visual brightness

Usage: the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea

Similar words: visual property

Definition: an attribute of vision


Synonyms: dullness

Definition: the quality of lacking interestingness

Usage: the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees

Similar words: uninterestingness

Definition: inability to capture or hold one's interest


Synonyms: dullness, obtuseness

Definition: the quality of being slow to understand

Similar words: stupidity

Definition: a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience


Visual thesaurus for dullness