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bor·ing
(bôr′ĭng)adj.
Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
bor′ing·ly adv.
bor′ing·ness n.
Synonyms: boring, monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome
These adjectives refer to what is so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Something that is boring fails to hold one's interest or attention, often resulting in listlessness or impatience: 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, long-windedness, or stultifying routine: "It was a life full of the tedious, repetitive tasks essential to small-press publishing and grassroots organizing" (Jan Clausen).
Irksome emphasizes the irritation or resentment provoked by something tedious: "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).
These adjectives refer to what is so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Something that is boring fails to hold one's interest or attention, often resulting in listlessness or impatience: 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, long-windedness, or stultifying routine: "It was a life full of the tedious, repetitive tasks essential to small-press publishing and grassroots organizing" (Jan Clausen).
Irksome emphasizes the irritation or resentment provoked by something tedious: "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).
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boring
(ˈbɔːrɪŋ)n
1. (Mechanical Engineering)
a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole
b. the hole made in this way
2. (Mechanical Engineering) (often plural) a fragment, particle, chip, etc, produced during boring
boring
(ˈbɔːrɪŋ)adj
dull; repetitious; uninteresting
ˈboringly adv
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bor•ing1
(ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-)n.
1.
a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
b. the hole so made.
2. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.
[1400–50]
bor•ing2
(ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-)adj.
causing or marked by boredom; tedious; tiresome.
[1835–45]
bor′ing•ly, adv.
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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
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| 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" |
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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
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boring
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Translations
مُمل، مُضجرمـُمِلّ
avorrit
nudný
kedelig
tylsä
dosadan
leiðinlegurleiîinlegur
退屈な
지루한
dolgočasen
tråkig
น่าเบื่อ
sıkıcıcan sıkıcı
tẻ nhạt
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
boring
[ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adj → ennuyeux/euseCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
boring
[ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adj (tedious) → noioso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bore2
(boː) verb to make (someone) feel tired and uninterested, by being dull etc. He bores everyone with stories about his travels.
noun a dull, boring person or thing.
ˈboredom noun the state of being bored.
ˈboring adjectivea boring job; This book is boring.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
boring
→ مـُمِلّ nudný kedelig langweilig ανιαρός aburrido, ser aburrido tylsä ennuyeux dosadan noioso 退屈な 지루한 saai kjedelig nudny chato, maçador скучный tråkig น่าเบื่อ sıkıcı tẻ nhạt 令人厌烦的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009