Word Finder - dullness

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The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.

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The quality of being uninteresting; boring or irksome.

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Lack of interest or excitement.

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The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.

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dullness of autumn

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(of an edge) bluntness.

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The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly.

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dullness of sight, or of hearing

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Drowsiness.

Its almost complete absence in some of these works makes for monotony and produces a sense of dullness, which may not be inherent in all the details of the music, but is none the less distinctly present.

Gone is the dullness of everyday existence!

During the winter months, people suffer from a variety of skin problems, including not only dry skin, but also itchiness, flakiness, dullness, chapping, and more.

To do magick will change a person; they will view the world through eyes that see beyond the crushing dullness of scientific reductionism.

Having done so, it would not be surprising if he was disappointed by their stupefying dullness as musical sounds.

In between cuts, a clarifying shampoo may be used once a week to help prevent build up and dullness.

When you are deficient in vitamins and minerals, it can manifest in your hair as dullness, weakness, slow growth, breakage, thinning and even pattern baldness.

You can use technology to create an artificial challenge or just distraction from the dullness.

Definity - This relatively new anti-aging line contains glucosamine to discourage not only wrinkles but also skin discoloration and dullness.

Ranging from yellowing and dullness to thickening and crumbling, the signs of toenail fungus are not pretty and can be quite uncomfortable, too.

Use retinol products for treating dullness, fine lines and age spots.

This is not only insisted upon elsewhere in countless passages, but of the three cardinal sins in Buddhism (raga, dosa, moha) the last and worst is stupidity or dullness, the others being sensuality and ill-will.

In philosophy, properly so called, the humanistic scorn for medieval dullness and obscurity swept away theological metaphysics as valueless.

The doctors of the universities were too wedded to their antiquated manuals and methods, too satisfied with dullness, too proud of titles and diplomas, too anxious to preserve ecclesiastical discipline and to repress mental activity, for a genial spirit of humanism to spread freely.

When I was not guessing, I was jumping at conclusions, and this fault, in addition to my dullness, aggravated my difficulties more than was right or necessary.

Those choosing replacement blade varieties should dispose of the blades at the first sign of dullness or wear.

Warming up properly is important, so having a few good warm up exercises to choose from can help keep dullness -- and the temptation to skimp -- at bay.

In the house that poetic dullness and quiet reigned which always accompanies the presence of a betrothed couple.