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Antonyms for boring
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bawr-ing, bohr- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr- |
Definition of boring
Origin :- mid-15c., "action of piercing," from bore (v.). From 1853 in reference to animals that bore; 1840 in the sense "wearying, causing ennui."
- adj uninteresting
- His theories were boring to listen to and impossible to execute.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- She was boring right into me with her eyes, and very indignant.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- I suppose poor relations are boring if you're well-off yourself.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- She was getting tired of the boring monotony of her present life.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- What a fearful thing, something was boring away like a mole!
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- It seemed to Laurent as if the finger of Therese was boring a hole in his throat.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- He did not look up, but he was quite conscious that her eyes were boring him through and through.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- I am finding the War a boring business; the glamour has decidedly worn off.
- Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
- He knows the whole affair; no use in boring him with any more.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- She did not know she had sighed until he said, “Am I boring you?”
- Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
Synonyms for boring
- 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
- nowhere
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- prosaic
- repetitious
- routine
- spiritless
- stale
- stereotyped
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- threadbare
- tiresome
- tiring
- trite
- unexciting
- uninteresting
- unvaried
- vapid
- wearisome
- well-worn
- zero
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