contemptuous. A person of mean abilities, a dull industrious drudge, a literary hack; (in later use) a person of slovenly attire and unpleasant…

A person who causes nodding or drowsiness. Obsolete.

An insipid person or thing; one who is deficient in sense, spirit, or taste. Obsolete.

humorous. A public speaker who bores his or her audience to the point of sending them to sleep. Obsolete.

A tiresome or uncongenial person; one who wearies or worries. blue bore (quot. 1837): in punning allusion to the tavern sign of the Blue Boar.

The name of a fictitious person to whom Sir W. Scott pretends to dedicate some of his novels; hence, a writer or student of antiquities, history…

With an and plural. An example of insipidity; an insipid person, remark, etc.

colloquial. A dull, commonplace, or turgid disquisition or piece of writing. Obsolete.

figurative. A long-winded monotonous speaker.

transferred. slang. An intolerable bore or tedious person.

slang (originally U.S.). A foolish or contemptible person; a bore. Cf. sense 3a.

A derogatory term for a man, usually a ‘hick’ or a bore; esp. used by black Americans of white men. Also attributive, as jeff artist, jeff hat.

= bore, n.2 3 humorous nonce-use.

A stupid or ineffectual person; a fool, a bore.

A stodgy person; one who is lacking in spirit or liveliness.

Esp. in Jewish usage: a pestering, nagging, or irritating person; a bore. Cf. noodge, n.

= stodger, n.

A dreary person.

An ineffective, spiritless, or lugubrious person; a ‘drip’.

slang. A boring person or thing (see bind, v. 22).

A stupid, feeble, or dull person; a fool; a bore. slang.

slang (originally U.S.). A stupid, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a person who behaves despicably.

A dreary person. colloquial.

Something that drags, or hangs heavily, so as to impede motion. figurative. A heavy obstruction to progress. Also, an annoyance, a bore; a dull…

A person who persistently complains or nags; a pest, a bore. Cf. nudnik, n.

British slang (derogatory). A boring, studious, or socially inept person (caricatured as typically wearing an anorak), esp. one who pursues an…