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boring
bor·ing B0403900 (bôr′ĭng)adj. Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.
bor′ing·ly adv.bor′ing·ness n.Synonyms: boring, monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome
These adjectives refer to what is so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Something that is boring fails to hold one's interest or attention, often resulting in listlessness or impatience: I had never read such a boring book.
What is monotonous bores because of lack of variety: "There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea" (James Russell Lowell).
Tedious suggests dull slowness, long-windedness, or stultifying routine: "It was a life full of the tedious, repetitive tasks essential to small-press publishing and grassroots organizing" (Jan Clausen).
Irksome emphasizes the irritation or resentment provoked by something tedious: "I know and feel what an irksome task the writing of long letters is" (Edmund Burke).
Something tiresome fatigues because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness: "What a tiresome being is a man who is fond of talking" (Benjamin Jowett).boring (ˈbɔːrɪŋ) n1. (Mechanical Engineering) a. the act or process of making or enlarging a holeb. the hole made in this way2. (Mechanical Engineering) (often plural) a fragment, particle, chip, etc, produced during boring
boring (ˈbɔːrɪŋ) adjdull; repetitious; uninteresting ˈboringly advbor•ing1 (ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-)
n. 1. a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole. b. the hole so made. 2. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring. [1400–50] bor•ing2 (ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-)
adj. causing or marked by boredom; tedious; tiresome. [1835–45] bor′ing•ly, adv. Boredom/Boring See Also: DULLNESS, LIFE - Bored as Greta Garbo —Alice McDermott
- Boredom enveloped her like heavy bedding —Yukio Mishima
- Boredom … like a cancer in the breast —Evelyn Waugh
- Boredom, like hookworm, is endemic —Beryl Markham
- Boredom wafted from her like the scent of stale sweat —Anon
- Boredom was increasing … like a silent animal sadly rubbing itself against the sultry grass —Yukio Mishima
- Bore me the same as watching an industrial training film, or hearing a lecture on the physics of the three-point stance —Richard Ford
- Boring as airline food —Anon
- Boring as going to the toilet —Sylvia Plath
- Boring, like reading the Life Cycle of the Hummingbird —Dan Wakefield
- Could feel his boredom like an actual presence, like a big German shepherd that must be fed and restrained —Marge Piercy
- Life’s tedious as a twice-told tale —William Shakespeare
This famous simile also appeared in Homer’s Odyssey in the format of a question, “What’s so tedious as a twice-told tale?.” - Yawns [caused by a dull discussion] inflated in his throat like balloons —Derek Lambert
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  boring - the act of drilling drillingcreating by removal - the act of creating by removing something | | 2. |  boring - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleumoil production, drillingproduction - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" | | Adj. | 1. |  boring - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"deadening, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dull, slowuninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip" |
boringadjective uninteresting, dull, tedious, dreary, stale, tiresome, monotonous, old, dead, flat, dry, routine, uninspiring, humdrum, insipid, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, unvaried, as dry as dust boring television programmesboringadjectiveArousing no interest or curiosity:drear, dreary, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary.Translationsbore2 (boː) verb to make (someone) feel tired and uninterested, by being dull etc. He bores everyone with stories about his travels. 使厭倦 使厌烦 noun a dull, boring person or thing. 無趣的人(物) 惹人厌烦的人（物） ˈboredom noun the state of being bored. 厭倦，無趣 厌烦，无聊 ˈboring adjectivea boring job; This book is boring. 令人厭倦的 令人厌烦的boring
bore through (someone or something)1. Literally, to create a hole in an object or material. You're going to need a special drill to bore through something this thick.2. By extension, to penetrate someone's inner self or emotions, often in a deeply affecting way. I had to turn around and look at the mysterious man because his gaze just bore through me.See also: bore, throughboring old fartAn older person, typically male, especially one whose views or attitudes are considered boring or old-fashioned. Ah, don't mind that boring old fart. He's just cantankerous because he isn't up to speed with the way of today's youth. I've fully embraced that I'm going to be a boring old fart when I get older.See also: boring, fart, oldboring in the extremeExtremely boring. That film was boring in the extreme—it actually put me to sleep in the theater!See also: boring, extremesilly in the extremeExtremely silly. I thought that movie was silly in the extreme, but the kids loved it.See also: extreme, sillyboring, silly, etc. in the exˈtreme extremely boring, silly, etc: I must admit, it’s puzzling in the extreme just how these books found their way here.See also: extremeboring old fart and BOF phr. & comp. abb. a very boring older person. (see also birds of a feather.) Bob’s dad is a vintage BOF. But all old guys are. Don’t be a boring old fart. Let’s go out tonight. See also: boring, fart, oldBoring
Boring (in Russian, rastachivanie), a mechanical process for machining interior surfaces by boring (cutting) tools in order to increase the diameter of a hole. Boring is done on lathes, boring machines, and other metal-cutting machines. It is possible to machine blind and through holes, both cylindrical and conical, as well as grooves and slots. Boring yields a machining precision of classes 4 or 5 and a surface roughness of classes 2 or 3.
Boring (in Russian, rassverlivanie), mechanical working of an existing hole with a drill in order to increase the diameter. It is done either by machine, using drilling and boring machines, lathes and other metalcutting machines, or by hand, using pneumatic or electric drills. The precision achieved is of the fourth to fifth class, and the surface roughness is of the second to third class. boring, boreholeA hole drilled in the ground to obtain soil samples for evaluation and to obtain information about the strata.MedicalSeeboreboring
Synonyms for boringadj uninterestingSynonyms- uninteresting
- dull
- tedious
- dreary
- stale
- tiresome
- monotonous
- old
- dead
- flat
- dry
- routine
- uninspiring
- humdrum
- insipid
- mind-numbing
- unexciting
- ho-hum
- repetitious
- wearisome
- unvaried
- as dry as dust
Synonyms for boringadj arousing no interest or curiositySynonyms- drear
- dreary
- dry
- dull
- humdrum
- irksome
- monotonous
- stuffy
- tedious
- tiresome
- uninteresting
- weariful
- wearisome
- weary
Synonyms for boringnoun the act of drillingSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleumSynonymsRelated Wordsadj so lacking in interest as to cause mental wearinessSynonyms- deadening
- ho-hum
- irksome
- tedious
- tiresome
- wearisome
- dull
- slow
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