Engelsk navneord: dullness | |||
1. | dullness (om erkendelse) the quality of being slow to understand | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | obtuseness | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | stupidity | ||
Mere specifikke termer | oscitance, oscitancy | ||
2. | dullness (om egenskab) the quality of lacking interestingness | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | uninterestingness | ||
Mere specifikke termer | boringness, dreariness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, vapidity, vapidness | ||
Kendetegner | dull | ||
3. | dullness (om egenskab) a lack of visual brightness | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | visual property | ||
Mere specifikke termer | dimness, flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte, subduedness | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | brightness | ||
4. | dullness (om egenskab) lack of sensibility | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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.. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness | ||
5. | dullness (om egenskab) without sharpness or clearness of edge or point | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | bluntness | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape | ||
Mere specifikke termer | obtuseness | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | asperity, keenness, sharpness, sharpness | ||