dullness

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. the quality of being slow to understand
• Syn:
obtuseness
• Derivationally related forms:
obtuse (for: obtuseness), dull
• Hypernyms:
stupidity
• Hyponyms:
oscitancy, oscitance
2. the quality of lacking interestingness
- the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees
• Derivationally related forms:
dull
• Hypernyms:
uninterestingness
• Hyponyms:
boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity, tediousness,
tediousness, tiresomeness, jejunity, jejuneness, tameness,
vapidity, vapidness
• Attrubites:
dull
3. a lack of visual brightness
- the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea
• Ant:
brightness
• Derivationally related forms:
dull
• Hypernyms:
visual property
• Hyponyms:
dimness, subduedness, flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness,
mat, matt, matte
4. 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.
• Derivationally related forms:
dull
• Hypernyms:
unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility
5. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
- the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible
• Syn:
bluntness
• Ant:
sharpness
• Derivationally related forms:
blunt (for: bluntness), dull
• Hypernyms:
shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
• Hyponyms:
obtuseness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bluntness, obtuseness
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  asperity, sharpness, keenness, brightness