| 单词 | dullness |
| 释义 | dullness (once / 4319 pages) n WORD FAMILY dullness: dullnesses+/dull: dulled, duller, dullest, dulling, dullness, dulls, dully USAGE EXAMPLESHis inaugural speech to parliament on December 13th was memorable largely for its dullness. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) The Trumpcast offers dullness punctuated by revelations—the Naked Cowboy!—that we perceive as politically meaningful. Slate(Dec 08, 2016) The perennial jeopardy of Brahms without an overarching stance is dullness and stodge — there was no sign of that here. New York Times(Nov 20, 2016) 1n without sharpness or clearness of edge or point the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bluntness asperity, sharpness harshness of manner keenness, sharpnessthinness of edge or fineness of point obtuseness the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) 2n the quality of lacking interestingness the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees Hypo|Hyper boringness, dreariness, insipidity, insipidness extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest tediousness, tedium, tiresomenessdullness owing to length or slowness jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidnessthe quality of being vapid and unsophisticated dragsomething tedious and boring uninterestingness inability to capture or hold one's interest 3n the quality of being slow to understand Syn|Hypo|Hyper obtuseness oscitance, oscitancy drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning stupidity a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience 4n 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. Hyper callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness 5n a lack of visual brightness the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea Ant|Hypo|Hyper brightness the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white dimness, subduedness the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, mattethe property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss visual property an attribute of vision |
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