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• 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

• The day is long past when the IQ was revered as some sort of magic number, affixed during childhood as an indelible, immutable badge of mental prowess or dullness.
• Having a range of sexual positions is not only a perfect antidote to the encroaching dullness of routine, but it allows you to decide what style of lovemaking you're in the mood .
• The very name HUD says dullness, dullness, dullness.

• obtuseness
• bluntness

• brightness
• sharpness

News & Articles

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• Goldstar's Jim McCarthy on why live is better
  Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actually makes you a better person. "It drives the dullness out of your life and ...
  June 19, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Kristen Schaal in Los Angeles Times
  I'd perform for them while they ate their hay. They kind of have the same look of expectancy and dullness that an audience has, so it was perfect,Schaal says. "I could perform for anyone after that."
• Samuel Johnson in Bainbridge Island Review
  Samuel Johnson described a legendary bore: "He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others."