| slovo | definícia |
dullness
(mass) | dullness
- hlúposť |
dullness
(encz) | dullness,jednotvárnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
dullness
(encz) | dullness,matnost n: Ivan Masár |
dullness
(encz) | dullness,nezajímavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
dullness
(encz) | dullness,nudnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
dullness
(encz) | dullness,skleslost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dullness
(gcide) | Dullness \Dull"ness\, n.
The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness;
drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster;
want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also
dulness.]
[1913 Webster]
And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. --Pope.
[1913 Webster] |
dullness
(wn) | dullness
n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: dullness,
obtuseness]
2: the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of
a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
3: a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange
sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" [ant:
brightness]
4: 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."
5: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the
dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn:
dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness,
sharpness] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
dullness
(mass) | dullness
- hlúposť |
dullness
(encz) | dullness,jednotvárnost n: Zdeněk Broždullness,matnost n: Ivan Masárdullness,nezajímavost n: Zdeněk Broždullness,nudnost n: Zdeněk Broždullness,skleslost n: Zdeněk Brož |
area of cardiac dullness
(wn) | area of cardiac dullness
n 1: a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by
percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not
covered by the lungs |
dullness
(wn) | dullness
n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: dullness,
obtuseness]
2: the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of
a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
3: a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange
sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" [ant:
brightness]
4: 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."
5: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the
dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn:
dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness,
sharpness] |
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