Antonyms for boresome
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bawr-suh m, bohr- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr səm, ˈboʊr- |
Definition of boresome
- As in tiresome : adj irritating, exasperating
- 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
- a bit much
- annoying
- arduous
- boresome
- boring
- burdensome
- demanding
- difficult
- drag
- dragging
- drudging
- dull
- enervative
- exacting
- exhausting
- fatiguing
- flat
- hard
- heavy
- hefty
- ho-hum
- humdrum
- irksome
- jading
- laborious
- monotonous
- nowhere
- onerous
- oppressive
- strenuous
- tedious
- tired
- tiring
- too much
- tough
- trying
- uncool
- uninteresting
- unrelieved
- vexatious
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
- yawn
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