boring
adjective
[ ˈbɔːrɪŋ ]
• not interesting; tedious.
• "I've got a boring job in an office"
Similar:
tedious,
dull,
monotonous,
repetitious,
repetitive,
unrelieved,
lacking variety,
lacking variation,
lacking excitement,
lacking interest,
unvaried,
unimaginative,
uneventful,
characterless,
featureless,
colourless,
lifeless,
soulless,
passionless,
spiritless,
unspirited,
insipid,
uninteresting,
unexciting,
uninspiring,
unstimulating,
unoriginal,
derivative,
jejune,
nondescript,
sterile,
flat,
bland,
(plain) vanilla,
arid,
dry,
dry as dust,
stale,
wishy-washy,
grey,
anaemic,
tired,
banal,
lame,
plodding,
ponderous,
pedestrian,
lacklustre,
stodgy,
dreary,
mechanical,
stiff,
leaden,
wooden,
mind-numbing,
soul-destroying,
wearisome,
tiring,
tiresome,
irksome,
trying,
frustrating,
humdrum,
prosaic,
mundane,
commonplace,
workaday,
quotidian,
unremarkable,
routine,
run-of-the-mill,
normal,
usual,
ordinary,
conventional,
suburban,
garden variety,
deadly,
bog-standard,
nothing to write home about,
a dime a dozen,
no great shakes,
not up to much,
samey,
common or garden,
dullsville,
ornery,
bore
verb
• make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.
• "bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through"
Similar:
drill,
pierce,
perforate,
puncture,
punch,
cut,
tunnel,
burrow,
mine,
dig (out),
gouge (out),
sink,
make,
create,
put,
drive,
• (of an athlete or racehorse) push another competitor out of the way.
Origin:
Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren .
bore
verb
• cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour.
• "she is too polite to bore us with anecdotes"
Similar:
be tedious to,
pall on,
stultify,
stupefy,
weary,
tire,
fatigue,
send to sleep,
exhaust,
wear out,
leave cold,
bore to tears,
bore to death,
bore out of one's mind,
bore stiff,
bore rigid,
bore stupid,
turn off,
hebetate,
Origin:
mid 18th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.
