Synonyms for boring

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bawr-ing, bohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

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