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Definition of Dullness |
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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 |
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Dullness Quotations
The devil's name is dullness. Robert E. Lee Gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Alexander Pope In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. George Eliot 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 No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. Harold Rosenberg Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor. Charles Churchill Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung. Josephus Daniels He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others. Samuel Foote |
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Dullness Translations
dullness in German is Unlust dullness in Spanish is estupidez |
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