| The opposite of high intellect is dullness or slowness, but the opposite of wisdom is foolishness, which is far more dangerous. |
| In drama, a dullness has crept in because intellectualism isn't a word you're allowed to utter any more. |
| His father beat him when he was a small child, his teachers despised him for his dullness, his friends avoided him for his short temper. |
| Most of the colors here are well rendered and bright, though there is a slight dullness in the picture at times. |
| The angel's yellow sleeve and pink-accented wing and cheek animate the studied dullness of taupe vestments and pitch background. |
| In this case, though, the group's consistency is due to the dullness of its music. |
