dullness#2 (n)

n05205739

type n
lex_filenum 07
def the quality of lacking interestingness
examples the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees
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Hypernym uninterestingness
Derivationally related form dullness → dull
Derivationally related form dullness → dull
Attribute dull
Hyponym boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity; tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness; jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness
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Attribute dull
Derivationally related form dull → dullness
Derivationally related form dull → dullness
Hyponym uninterestingness
Hypernym boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity; tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness; jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity, vapidness

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