1. the quality or state of being thick, closely compacted, or having parts closely packed together
2. the quality of being difficult to understand or penetrate; obscurity or complexity
3. the quality of being slow to understand; lack of mental quickness
Usage: informal

Examples

• The denseness of the forest made it difficult to see more than a few feet ahead.
• The denseness of the material required careful study to understand its meaning.
• The denseness of the fog reduced visibility on the highway to just a few meters.
• The author's denseness of prose made the novel challenging for most readers.
• The denseness of the population in the city center creates traffic congestion.
• His denseness about the obvious joke made everyone laugh even harder.