Bore

//bɔː(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "bore" (233 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Strong matches (70)

Related words (116)

impalement jade lance lancing leave unsatisfied lift lop lour lower mine molestation needle nuisance pain pain in the neck pall peak peer penetrate penetration

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Verb(2 words)

make a hole tire

Noun(2 words)

snooze snoozer

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

19 entries

arouse diam diameter disagreeable person disunite divide elicit enkindle evoke excavation fire kindle part provoke raise separate

Showing 16 of 19 words.

More specific

12 entries

Uninteresting person:Uninteresting place:Uninteresting situation:dryasdust dullsville routine rut same old same old same old story same old thing spoilsport square

Antonyms

4 entries

entertain exciting interest

Synonyms

3 entries

drill forehole tidal bore

Related terms

6 entries

bored boredom borer boring tedium

derived

48 entries

Boraga artesian bore backbore bore draw bore in bore lake bore needle bore off bore out bore sight bore water bore-draw boreable boree borefest borefield

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distinct from

1 entries

funny

form of

1 entries

bear

has context

1 entries

mining

is a

4 entries

diameter excavation unpleasant person walled cavity

manner of

1 entries

cut

related to

44 entries

artesian auger barrel bear bored boredom borer boring brings brings yawns cap diameter do drag drill drilling

Showing 16 of 44 words.

Translations

220 translations across 57 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

shpo verb (to make a hole)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

τετραίνω verb (to make a hole)
τρυπάω verb (to make a hole)

Arabic

2 entries

أَمَلَّ verb (to inspire boredom)
ثقب verb (to make a hole)

Basque

1 entries

aspertu verb (to inspire boredom)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бургия noun (a tool for making a hole)
вътрешен диаметър noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
досаден човек noun (one who inspires boredom)
дупка noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)

Catalan

4 entries

rissaga noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
avorrir verb (to inspire boredom)
barrinar verb (to make a hole)
foradar verb (to make a hole)

Cebuano

1 entries

sumhan verb (to inspire boredom)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

膛 noun (the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired)
煩擾 /烦扰 verb (to inspire boredom)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

teşmek verb (to make a hole)

Czech

3 entries

nudit verb (to inspire boredom)
vrtat verb (to make a hole)
vyvrtat verb (to make a hole)

Danish

2 entries

bore verb (to make a hole)
kede verb (to inspire boredom)

Dutch

3 entries

boring noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
boren verb (to make a hole)
vervelen verb (to inspire boredom)

Esperanto

4 entries

bori verb (to make a hole)
enuigi verb (to inspire boredom)
malamuzi verb (to inspire boredom)
tedi verb (to inspire boredom)

Faroese

2 entries

bora verb (to make a hole)
keða verb (to inspire boredom)

Finnish

3 entries

porata verb (to make a hole)
tehdä tylsäksi verb (to inspire boredom)
tylsistyttää verb (to inspire boredom)

French

4 entries

mascaret noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
barber verb (to inspire boredom)
ennuyer verb (to inspire boredom)
percer verb (to make a hole)

Galician

4 entries

abagoirar verb (to inspire boredom)
aburacar verb (to make a hole)
aburrir verb (to inspire boredom)
anoxar verb (to inspire boredom)

German

4 entries

Bohrung noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
Gezeitenwelle noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
Langweiler noun (one who inspires boredom)
aaööde verb (to inspire boredom)

Hebrew

1 entries

שִׁעֲמֵם verb (to inspire boredom)

Hungarian

4 entries

(folyam)torkolati szökőár noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
csőfurat noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
dagályhullám noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
furat noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)

Icelandic

1 entries

bora verb (to make a hole)

Ido

1 entries

enoyigar verb (to inspire boredom)

Ingrian

1 entries

purata verb (to make a hole)

Irish

4 entries

cró noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
cró gunna noun (the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired)
leadránaí noun (one who inspires boredom)
maidhm rabharta noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)

Italian

4 entries

calibro noun (the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired)
flusso anomalo noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
foro noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
logorroico noun (one who inspires boredom)

Japanese

2 entries

海嘯 noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
いらいらさせる verb (to inspire boredom)

Khmer

2 entries

បន្ទ្រាន់ verb (to inspire boredom)
រំខានចិត្ត verb (to inspire boredom)

Latin

1 entries

terebrō verb (to make a hole)

Macedonian

4 entries

бу́ргија noun (a tool for making a hole)
во́шка noun (one who inspires boredom)
да́веж noun (one who inspires boredom)
ду́пка noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)

Manx

1 entries

towl noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)

Māori

4 entries

ngutu kotete noun (one who inspires boredom)
rōrea noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)
wiri noun (a tool for making a hole)
ore verb (to make a hole)

Norman

1 entries

embête noun (one who inspires boredom)

Norwegian

1 entries

bore verb (to make a hole)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

kjede verb (to inspire boredom)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

keia verb (to inspire boredom)

Occitan

1 entries

mascaret noun (sudden and rapid flow of tide)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

تلوه noun (one who inspires boredom)
بورغولامق verb (to make a hole)

Persian

2 entries

پرگو noun (one who inspires boredom)
سفتن verb (to make a hole)

Polish

4 entries

nudziarz noun (one who inspires boredom)
borować verb (to make a hole)
nudzić verb (to inspire boredom)
nużyć verb (to inspire boredom)

Portuguese

4 entries

calibre noun (the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired)
cano noun (the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired)
aborrecer verb (to inspire boredom)
cavar verb (to make a hole)

Quechua

2 entries

hut'kuy verb (to make a hole)
t'uquy verb (to make a hole)

Romanian

2 entries

găuri verb (to make a hole)
plictisi verb (to inspire boredom)

Russian

4 entries

зану́да noun (one who inspires boredom)
калибр noun (the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired)
канал noun (the tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired)
отве́рстие noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dosadnjaković noun (one who inspires boredom)
дoсадњаковић noun (one who inspires boredom)
búšiti verb (to make a hole)
dodijati verb (to inspire boredom)

Slovak

4 entries

nudiť verb (to inspire boredom)
prevŕtať verb (to make a hole)
vyvŕtať verb (to make a hole)
vŕtať verb (to make a hole)

Slovene

4 entries

dolgočasnež noun (one who inspires boredom)
izvrtina noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
dolgočasiti verb (to inspire boredom)
vrtati verb (to make a hole)

Spanish

4 entries

muermo noun (one who inspires boredom)
palizas noun (one who inspires boredom)
pelmazo noun (one who inspires boredom)
pesado noun (one who inspires boredom)

Swahili

1 entries

dunga verb (to make a hole)

Swedish

4 entries

torrboll noun (one who inspires boredom)
tråkmåns noun (one who inspires boredom)
borra verb (to make a hole)
tråka ut verb (to inspire boredom)

Telugu

1 entries

తొలుచు verb (to make a hole)

Thai

2 entries

เจาะ verb (to make a hole)
ไช verb (to make a hole)

Turkish

1 entries

burgulamak verb (to make a hole)

Tày

2 entries

boóng verb (to make a hole)
bón verb (to make a hole)

Ukrainian

4 entries

отвір noun (a hole drilled or milled through something)
бурити verb (to make a hole)
набридати verb (to inspire boredom)
свердлити verb (to make a hole)

Urdu

1 entries

بور verb (to inspire boredom)

Vietnamese

3 entries

khoan verb (to make a hole)
khoét verb (to make a hole)
đục verb (to make a hole)

Yiddish

1 entries

נודניק noun (one who inspires boredom)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He bore the future of the company on his shoulders.

Source: tatoeba (22409)

How easy would it be to bore a tunnel through it?

Source: tatoeba (36566)

The prisoner of war bore himself with great dignity.

Source: tatoeba (44059)

The tax bore hard on the peasantry.

Source: tatoeba (45889)

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