Boring

/ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/

Synonyms for "boring" (204 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Noun(8 words)

drilling arerebore openingboreholeclear colorless solutiondrab drilldrilled hole

Adjective(9 words)

academic boredomarid climatearid groundcolorless materialcolorless motifcolorless solutiondeadening desiccateddriest area

acupunctuation acupuncture arid bore boresome broach colorless dead deadly drab drearydrill holedrudging dry

Adjective(9 words)

banal beat blah bland cold colourless drab dreich drowsy

Verb(1 words)

droned

Strong matches (61)

dull empiercement exhausting fatiguing fixing flat goring gray grey heavy humdrum impalement irksome lacklustre lancing lengthy literallong-drawn-outmatter-of-factmonotonous

Adjective(15 words)

dulldull as dishwaterflatheavy goingho-hum humdrum insipid lackluster lame languid lifeless longsome mind-numbing monotonous mundane

Adjective(17 words)

dulldull colordull impressiondull presentationduller dullestemotional stagnationflaccidflat plain terrainflat shapeflat surfaceho-hum innocuous irksomelifeless objectlifeless pondlifeless prototype

Noun(9 words)

dull dulling gimletinghole creationhole makinghole-drilling holemaking monotonousmost bloodless

Related words (102)

Adjective(26 words)

mundane ideamundane routineponderouspredictable patternprolonged stoppageprosaic writingrepetitive patternsrepetitive tasksslow soulless stagnantstagnant culturestodgiest stolid stuporous tedioustedious assignmenttiresomeunamusing itemuncreative

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unengaging uneventful uninspiringuninspiring materialunremarkable wearisome

Adjective(21 words)

no fun at partiespedantic pedestrian plain plodding prosaic prosy snoozeworthy soporific static stodgy straightforward stuffy tedious uncool uninteresting vanilla vapid wan weaksauce

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wooden

Noun(10 words)

oil productionpiercepunch throughroutineroutine activitiestedious tire tunnelings uninteresting weary

penetration perforation philistine piercing ponderous pricking prolix punching puncture puncturing repetitious repetitive routine same samely skewering sleepy soporific stalestupefyingly boring

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Verb(1 words)

sedate

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

14 entries

cavitycreating by removaldescriptor drillingemotional effecthole makingindustrial operationmanufacturing processmechanical procedurenegative emotionopening production qualitytechnical process

More specific

14 entries

boreholeboring tooldrill bitdrilling dullhole drillinghole makingholemaking monotonousmonotonous speechpilot holereaming tedioustedious lecture

Collocations

13 entries

boring assignmentboring bookboring classboring holeboring jobboring lectureboring logboring operationboring processboring readingboring taskboring topicboring video

Inflections

4 entries

bored boresmore boringmost boring

Derivations

5 entries

bore boredom borer boringly boringness

similar

1 entries

uninteresting

Sample sentences

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The professor's boring lecture put me to sleep.

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The holiday continues to be very boring.

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Was I really boring?

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All the films are boring.

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