dullsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by dullness.

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Meanings

adjectivedullsome (comparative more dullsome, superlative most dullsome)

comparative more dullsome · superlative most dullsome

  1. archaicCharacterised or marked by dullness.

    Then suddenly a breath of air, Unheralded, from who knows where, Brings to my sense an odor faint, Unrecognized yet eloquent, And whiff! the dullsome street is gone — […]

    1908, The New England Magazine, volume 43, page 176

Origin

From dull + -some.

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dullsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dullsome

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“dullsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dullsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dullsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dullsome.

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