- boring adj
- Drilling for oil is boring.
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boring adj
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boring — [adj] uninteresting arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer*, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, flat*, ho hum*, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth eaten*, mundane, nothing,… … New thesaurus
boring — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ make sth ▪ Try not to make the diet boring … Collocations dictionary
boring — adj. boring to + inf. (it was boring to sit there without anything to do) * * * [ bɔːrɪŋ] boring to + int. (it was boring to sit there without anything to do) … Combinatory dictionary
boring — [bôr′iŋ] adj. 1. for making holes 2. dull, tiresome, etc. n. 1. the action of one that bores 2. a hole made by boring 3. [pl.] chips, flakes, etc. made by boring boringly adv … English World dictionary
boring — adj 1. tedious, monotonous, humdrum, repetitious, routine, unvaried; dull, flat, dead, bland, insipid, Sl. blah, Sl. ho hum; uninteresting, uninspiring, unanimated, unexciting, dry as dust; mediocre, Inf. nothing to write home about, Sl. nothing; … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
boring — adj. that makes one bored; uninteresting, tedious, dull. Derivatives: boringly adv. boringness n … Useful english dictionary
boring — bor|ing S2 [ˈbo:rıŋ] adj not interesting in any way ▪ Her husband is about the most boring person I ve ever met. ▪ The job was dull and boring. dead/incredibly/terribly etc boring (=very boring) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ WORD FOCUS: boring similar words: not very… … Dictionary of contemporary English
boring — [[t]bɔ͟ːrɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED 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… … English dictionary
boring — boring1 /bawr ing, bohr /, n. 1. Mach. a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole. b. the hole so made. 2. Geol. a cylindrical sample of earth strata obtained by boring a vertical hole. 3. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced… … Universalium
boring*/*/ — [ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adj not at all interesting a boring badly paid job[/ex] Our maths teacher is so boring![/ex] • See: bored … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
