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Antonyms for boresome


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bawr-suh m, bohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr səm, ˈboʊr-



Definition of boresome

  • As in tiresome : adj irritating, exasperating
Example sentences :
  • At times Leavitt could be as uncannily brilliant as he was dull and boresome.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • And, not to tire you with long, boresome details, I was lucky.
  • Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
  • Dinner over, we have to wait in the mektub, a boresome hour.
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
  • I like serials only if they do not get boresome; and a lot of them do.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, March, 1931 » by Various
  • Perhaps, taken a little at a time, it would not seem so boresome!
  • Extract from : « The Idyl of Twin Fires » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • "Mlle. Fifi," which was both dirty and boresome, had a similar experience.
  • Extract from : « Famous Prima Donnas » by Lewis Clinton Strang
  • Those speeches were so boresome, and that old senator person—wasn't he a stuff?
  • Extract from : « Plays » by Susan Glaspell
  • But it was a very ancient and boresome experience to Collins.
  • Extract from : « Michael, Brother of Jerry » by Jack London
  • If he wears it perpendicular, he is honest, pedantic, and boresome.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • The internal condition is determinative, for things that are boresome to one may be very interesting to another.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross

Synonyms for boresome

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