dullness

English

Alternative forms

• dulness

Etymology

From dull +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌl.nəs/

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)
• French: obtusité (fr) f
• Latvian: trulums m

• Romanian: obtuzitate (ro) f
• Russian: тупоумие (ru) n (tupoumije), ту́пость (ru) f (túpostʹ)

quality of being uninteresting

• Dutch: saaiheid (nl) f
• Finnish: tylsyys (fi), latteus (fi)

• Romanian: plictiseală (ro) f
• Russian: вя́лость (ru) f (vjálostʹ)

lack of visual brilliance

• Finnish: tylsyys (fi), tylsän (fi) näköisyys (fi)
• Latvian: blāvums m, nespodrums m

• Russian: ту́склость (ru) f (túsklostʹ), ма́товость (ru) f (mátovostʹ), нея́ркость (ru) f (nejárkostʹ)

bluntness of an edge

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

• Russian: затупле́ние (ru) n (zatuplénije), туповатость (ru) f (tupovatostʹ)