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Dullness vs Ennui - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between dullness and ennui

is that dullness is the quality of being slow to understand things while ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

dullness

English

Alternative forms

* dulness

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being slow to understand things.
  • The quality of being uninteresting.
  • The lack of visual brilliance.
  • (of an edge) bluntness.

    • ennui

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

    • Synonyms

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    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ennui")