boringadjective
uk/ˈbɔː.rɪŋ/us/ˈbɔː.rɪŋ/A1 not interesting or exciting:
She finds opera boring.
It's boring to sit on the plane with nothing to read.
a boring lecture
The movie was so boring I fell asleep.
More examples
- Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons, but at other times I find them really boring.
- This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC?
- Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
- This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything happening.
- Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- antiseptic
- banal
- be (as) dull as ditchwater idiom
- bland
- buttoned-down
- drab
- earthbound
- flat-footed
- lifeless
- mind-numbing
- monochrome
- monotonous
- mouldy
- mundane
- tedious
- threadbare
- tired
- tiresome
- trite
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boringly
adverb uk/ˈbɔː.rɪŋ.li/us/ˈbɔː.rɪŋ.li/
The novel has a boringly predictable ending.