dullness

English

Alternative forms

dulness

Etymology

From dull +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʌl.nəs/

Noun

dullness (usually uncountable, plural dullnesses)

The quality of being slow to understand things.
The quality of being uninteresting.
The lack of visual brilliance.
(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)

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