boring
[adjective]
Synonyms: uninteresting, dull, flat, humdrum, mind-numbing, monotonous, tedious, tiresome

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English Thesaurus: boring, not very interesting, dull, tedious, monotonous, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bor‧ing S2 /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: bore, boredom; adjective: bored, boring; verb: bore; adverb: boringly]
not interesting in any way:
Her husband is about the most boring person I’ve ever met.
The job was dull and boring.
dead/incredibly/terribly etc boring (=very boring)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

boring
adj.
VERBS be, look, seem, sound | become, get | make sth Try not to make the diet boring.
consider sb/sth, find sb/sth, think sb/sth She found her job boring.
ADV. awfully, dead, extremely, incredibly, really, terribly, very That film was dead boring.
completely, downright, utterly | a bit, fairly, pretty, quite, rather, slightly
PREP. for The game was boring for the spectators.
PHRASES boring old Green is much better than boring old white.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

boring
adjective
BAD: We get very boring with the same food every day.
GOOD: We get very bored with the same food every day.
BAD: You'll be boring with nothing to do.
GOOD: You'll be bored with nothing to do.

Usage Note:
If someone or something is boring/exciting/frightening/interesting
(-ING), you feel bored/excited/frightened/interested (-ED): 'The lecture was terribly boring. Some of us were so bored that we fell asleep.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

boring not interesting in any way:
a boring speech
He found school incredibly boring.
not very interesting [not before noun] very ordinary and therefore rather boring. People often use this phrase in everyday English, instead of saying directly that something is boring:
The story wasn’t very interesting.
dull especially written boring:
The conference was usually a dull affair.
Life was never dull.
tedious /ˈtiːdiəs/ very boring and continuing for a long time:
The process was tedious and slow.
Jake began the tedious task of sorting through his papers.
monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs $ məˈnɑː-/ boring and always the same:
The work was monotonous and unchallenging.
He was only half listening to the monotonous voice of the teacher.
mundane /mʌnˈdeɪn/ rather boring, because it is connected with things you do regularly as part of your daily life:
He busied himself with the mundane task of cleaning the house.
Most arguments are over mundane issues like spending or saving money.
humdrum /ˈhʌmdrʌm/ [usually before noun] boring because nothing new or interesting ever happens:
He wanted to escape his humdrum life.
a humdrum existence
dry a subject, piece of writing etc that is dry is boring because it is very serious and does not contain any humour:
The students complained that the lecture was dry and uninspiring.
a dry academic volume

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