dullness
- n the quality of being slow to understand
- n the quality of lacking interestingness
the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees - n a lack of visual brightness
the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea - n 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. - n without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible
duma
- n a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR