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dullsome

dullsome adjective: characterised or marked by dullness.

Adjective

dullsome (comparative more dullsome, superlative most dullsome)

  1. (archaic) Characterised 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

Forms of dullsome

comparativemore dullsome
superlativemost dullsome

Origin of dullsome

From dull + -some.

Questions about dullsome

What does dullsome mean?
Dullsome means characterised or marked by dullness.
What part of speech is dullsome?
Dullsome is an adjective.

Words near dullsome in the dictionary

  1. dullities
  2. dullity
  3. dullness
  4. dullnesses
  5. dulls
  6. dullsome
  7. dullsville
  8. dullsvilles
  9. dullwit
  10. dullwits
  11. dullwitted

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