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Synonyms for dullness

14 synonyms
34 antonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

dimness gloom dim-wittedness dullwittedness languor phlegm

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Dimness — the quality of being slow of understanding things

dimness, gloom, dim-wittedness, dullwittedness

2. Languor

languor, phlegm, insensibility, stolidity

Other

blandness, obtuseness, humdrum, bluntness, aridity, frigidity

Antonyms

brightness, sharpness, intelligence

All antonyms of dullness →

Definitions

n. 1
The quality of being slow of understanding things.
n. 2
The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.

Related words

Other spellings: dulness

Forms

Plural: dullnesses → dimnesses, glooms, languors, phlegms…

Example sentences

gloom I hoped you could hurl some lumens into the gloom.
phlegm Almost all the phlegm was removed by coughing alone.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
dullness		steady
gloom		rising
dimness		rising
phlegm		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: gloom¹
6 letters: phlegm¹
7 letters: humdrum², aridity, languor, dimness
9 letters: bluntness², blandness², frigidity, stolidity
10 letters: obtuseness
13 letters: insensibility
14 letters: dullwittedness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humdrum² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: appesantissement
Deutsch: Schwerfälligkeit