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# dullness

«dullness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of being dull: not bright, not lively, not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dullness, no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Dullness is the state of being dull: not bright, not lively, not interesting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a plain, grey bird or a boring day is described by its dullness; in lessons it names how something looks or feels when it is not bright or exciting

### examples

- The dullness of the grey sky made the picnic sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullness/#x1)
- The peacock mocked the dullness of the crane's feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullness/#x2)
- Nobody enjoyed the dullness of the long wet afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dullness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dullness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.