bor·ing (bôr  ng, b r-)adj. Uninteresting and tiresome; dull. bor ing·ly adv.bor ing·ness n.Synonyms: boring, monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome, humdrum These adjectives refer to what is so uninteresting as to cause mental weariness. Boring implies feelings of listlessness and discontent: I had never read such a boring book. What is monotonous bores because of lack of variety: "There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea" (James Russell Lowell). Tedious suggests dull slowness or long-windedness: Traveling by plane avoids spending tedious days on the train. Irksome describes what is demanding of time and effort and yet is dull and often unrewarding: "I know and feel what an irksome task the writing of long letters is" (Edmund Burke). Something tiresome fatigues because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness: "What a tiresome being is a man who is fond of talking" (Benjamin Jowett). Humdrum refers to what is commonplace, trivial, or unexcitingly routine: My quiet cousin led a humdrum existence. |
boring1
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering)
a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole
b. the hole made in this way
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (often plural) a fragment, particle, chip, etc., produced during boring
boring2
adj
dull; repetitious; uninteresting
boringly adv
Boredom/Boring
- Bored as Greta Garbo —Alice McDermott
- Boredom enveloped her like heavy bedding —Yukio Mishima
- Boredom … like a cancer in the breast —Evelyn Waugh
- Boredom, like hookworm, is endemic —Beryl Markham
- Boredom wafted from her like the scent of stale sweat —Anon
- Boredom was increasing … like a silent animal sadly rubbing itself against the sultry grass —Yukio Mishima
- Bore me the same as watching an industrial training film, or hearing a lecture on the physics of the three-point stance —Richard Ford
- Boring as airline food —Anon
- Boring as going to the toilet —Sylvia Plath
- Boring, like reading the Life Cycle of the Hummingbird —Dan Wakefield
- Could feel his boredom like an actual presence, like a big German shepherd that must be fed and restrained —Marge Piercy
- Life’s tedious as a twice-told tale —William Shakespeare
This famous simile also appeared in Homer’s Odyssey in the format of a question, “What’s so tedious as a twice-told tale?.”
- Yawns [caused by a dull discussion] inflated in his throat like balloons —Derek Lambert
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  boring - the act of drilling creating by removal - the act of creating by removing something |
| 2. |  boring - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleumproduction - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  boring - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"uninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip" |
boring
adjective uninteresting, dull, tedious, dreary, stale, tiresome, monotonous, old, dead, flat, dry, routine, uninspiring, humdrum, insipid, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, unvaried, as dry as dust boring television programmes
Translations
boring [ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adj → ennuyeux/euse
boring [ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adj (tedious) → noioso/a
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