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Definition of Dullness
Dullness

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.

Related Definitions:
Being, Bluntness, Brightness, Dimness, Drowsiness, Dull, Heaviness, Luster, Obtuseness, Of, Or, Slowness, State, Stupidity, The, Want


Dullness Quotations

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.
George Eliot

Gentle dullness ever loves a joke.
Alexander Pope

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
Walter Bagehot

This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.
Henry A. Wallace

The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring.
Burl Ives

Dullness Translations

dullness in German is Unlust
dullness in Spanish is estupidez


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