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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.
: causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome. a boring lecture. boringly. ˈbȯr-iŋ-lē. adverb. boringness noun. Synonyms. arid. colorless. drab. dreary. drudging. dry. dull. dusty. flat. heavy. ho-hum. humdrum. jading. jejune.
Boring definition: causing or marked by boredom; dull and uninteresting; tiresome. See examples of BORING used 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.
Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient. Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed. ...boring television programmes. Synonyms: uninteresting, dull, tedious, dreary More Synonyms of boring.
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).
Definition of boring adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
boring meaning, definition, what is boring: not interesting in any way: Learn more.
v. to pierce (a solid substance) with a drill: [ ~ + object] bored a hole into the wall. [ no object] bored through the walls. Civil Engineering to make (a tunnel, etc.) by cutting through a core of material:[ ~ + object] bored a tunnel under the English Channel.
