dullness

dullness is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.
2. noun. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

   "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

   Synonyms: bluntness

3. noun. lack of sensibility

   "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."

4. noun. a lack of visual brightness

   "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"

5. noun. the quality of lacking interestingness

   "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"

6. noun. the quality of being slow to understand

   Synonyms: obtuseness

Synonyms

bluntness, obtuseness

Common word forms

dullnesses

Words from these letters

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