n.
1. Sorrow; wretchedness. [Obs.]
2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
dreariness
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n.
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noun
- A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest: asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dryness, dullness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, sterility, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness, weariness. See excite/bore/interest.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
extreme dullness
Synonym: boringness
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