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Dullness

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.

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Broader term 9

Callosity 76% connected

A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or frictio…

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Configuration 76% connected

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

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Conformation 76% connected

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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Contour 76% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Hardness 76% connected

The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

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Insensibility 76% connected

The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Stupidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Dimness 76% connected

The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.

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Dreariness 76% connected

Sorrow; wretchedness.

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Flatness 76% connected

The quality or state of being flat.

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Insipidity 76% connected

Alt. of Insipidness

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Insipidness 76% connected

The quality or state of being insipid; vapidity.

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Jejunity 76% connected

The quality of being jejune; jejuneness.

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Mat 76% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Matt 76% connected

See Matte.

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Matte 76% connected

A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and call…

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Obtuseness 76% connected

State or quality of being obtuse.

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Oscitancy 76% connected

The act of gaping or yawning.

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Tameness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tame.

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Tedium 76% connected

Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

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Vapidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.

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Blunt 74% connected

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

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Blunt 74% connected

Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

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Dull 74% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Dull 74% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Dull 66% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Dull 66% connected

Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Bluntness 92% connected

Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

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Obtuseness 92% connected

State or quality of being obtuse.

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Brightness 94% connected

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

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Brightness 94% connected

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

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