dullness

English

Alternative forms

• dulness

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʌɫ.nəs/, X-SAMPA: /"dVl.n@s/

Noun

dullness (usually uncountable; plural dullnesses)

1. The quality of being slow to understand things.
2. The quality of being uninteresting.
3. The lack of visual brilliance.
4. (of an edge) bluntness.

Translations

quality of being slow to understand

• Finnish: tylsyys (fi)
• Latvian: trulums (lv) m

• Romanian: obtuzitate (ro) f
• Russian: тупоумие (ru) (tupoumije) n, тупость (ru) (tupostʹ) f

quality of being uninteresting

• Finnish: tylsyys (fi), latteus (fi)
• Romanian: plictiseală (ro) f

• Russian: вялость (ru) (vjalostʹ) f

lack of visual brilliance

• Finnish: tylsyys (fi), tylsän (fi) näköisyys (fi)

• Russian: тусклость (ru) (tusklostʹ) f, матовость (ru) (matovostʹ) f, неяркость (ru) (nejarkostʹ) f

bluntness of an edge

• Finnish: tylsyys (fi)
• Latvian: trulums (lv) m

• Russian: затупление (ru) (zatuplenije) n, туповатость (ru) (tupovatostʹ) f