Qualities

Synonyms for dullness

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampQualities

without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

The dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

bluntness

Same sentence, swapped: The bluntness of the pencil made his writing illegible.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for dullness as it is used in the sentence above.

sharpness
keenness
topography

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