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- Dictionaryboring/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. not interesting; tedious: "I've got a boring job in an office"
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A1. not interesting or exciting: She finds opera boring. It's boring to sit on the plane with nothing to read. a boring lecture. The movie was so boring I fell asleep. Synonyms. drab disapproving. dreary disapproving. dry (BORING) disapproving. dull. ho-hum. monotonous. tedious. uninteresting. wearisome formal.
Boring definition: causing or marked by boredom; dull and uninteresting; tiresome. See examples of BORING used in a sentence.
The meaning of BORING is causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome. How to use boring in a sentence.
As an adjective boring describes something (or someone) that is tedious, dull, and lacking in interest. As a noun, boring refers to the act of drilling a hole, or the hole itself.
Definition of boring adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say that someone or something is boring, you think that they are very dull and uninteresting. ...a boring job. American English : boring / ˈbɔrɪŋ /
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).
A1. not interesting or exciting: a boring job. The film was so boring, I fell asleep. Fewer examples. The menu is boring and it's not cheap either. I usually skip the boring bits of a book. Free food was no compensation for a very boring evening. That was such a boring film. The children's arrival enlivened a boring evening.
A1. not interesting or exciting: a boring job. The film was so boring, I fell asleep. Fewer examples. The menu is boring and it's not cheap either. I usually skip the boring bits of a book. Free food was no compensation for a very boring evening. That was such a boring film.
I must be boring you to death. She didn't stay long in the boring room. Each trip was more boring than the last. Those blue eyes were boring into her soul, searching for heaven only knew what. One day I'm a boring financial planner, and the next day, I can't go out in sunlight and I see the future.