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bor·ing

 (bôr′ĭng)
adj.
Uninteresting and tiresome; dull.

bor′ing·ly adv.
bor′ing·ness n.
Synonyms: boring, monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome
These adjectives refer to what is so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Something that is boring fails to hold one's interest or attention, often resulting in listlessness or impatience: I had never read such a boring book.
What is monotonous bores because of lack of variety: "There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea" (James Russell Lowell).
Tedious suggests dull slowness, long-windedness, or stultifying routine: "It was a life full of the tedious, repetitive tasks essential to small-press publishing and grassroots organizing" (Jan Clausen).
Irksome emphasizes the irritation or resentment provoked by something tedious: "I know and feel what an irksome task the writing of long letters is" (Edmund Burke).
Something tiresome fatigues because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness: "What a tiresome being is a man who is fond of talking" (Benjamin Jowett).
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boring

(ˈbɔːrɪŋ)
n
1. (Mechanical Engineering)
a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole
b. the hole made in this way
2. (Mechanical Engineering) (often plural) a fragment, particle, chip, etc, produced during boring

boring

(ˈbɔːrɪŋ)
adj
dull; repetitious; uninteresting
ˈboringly adv
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bor•ing1

(ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-)

n.
1.
a. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
b. the hole so made.
2. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.
[1400–50]

bor•ing2

(ˈbɔr ɪŋ, ˈboʊr-)

adj.
causing or marked by boredom; tedious; tiresome.
[1835–45]
bor′ing•ly, adv.
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Boredom/Boring

 

See Also: DULLNESS, LIFE

  1. Bored as Greta Garbo —Alice McDermott
  2. Boredom enveloped her like heavy bedding —Yukio Mishima
  3. Boredom … like a cancer in the breast —Evelyn Waugh
  4. Boredom, like hookworm, is endemic —Beryl Markham
  5. Boredom wafted from her like the scent of stale sweat —Anon
  6. Boredom was increasing … like a silent animal sadly rubbing itself against the sultry grass —Yukio Mishima
  7. Bore me the same as watching an industrial training film, or hearing a lecture on the physics of the three-point stance —Richard Ford
  8. Boring as airline food —Anon
  9. Boring as going to the toilet —Sylvia Plath
  10. Boring, like reading the Life Cycle of the Hummingbird —Dan Wakefield
  11. Could feel his boredom like an actual presence, like a big German shepherd that must be fed and restrained —Marge Piercy
  12. Life’s tedious as a twice-told tale —William Shakespeare

    This famous simile also appeared in Homer’s Odyssey in the format of a question, “What’s so tedious as a twice-told tale?.”

  13. Yawns [caused by a dull discussion] inflated in his throat like balloons —Derek Lambert
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.boring - the act of drillingboring - the act of drilling      
creating by removal - the act of creating by removing something
2.boring - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleumboring - the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production"
Adj.1.boring - so lacking in interest as to cause mental wearinessboring - so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
uninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"
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boring

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boring

adjective
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Translations
مُمل، مُضجرمـُمِلّ
avorrit
nudný
kedelig
tylsä
dosadan
leiðinlegurleiîinlegur
退屈な
지루한
dolgočasen
tråkig
น่าเบื่อ
sıkıcıcan sıkıcı
tẻ nhạt

boring

[ˈbɔːrɪŋ] ADJ (= tedious) → aburrido, pesado
she's so boringes muy aburrida or pesada
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boring

[ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adjennuyeux/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

boring

1
n (Tech, = act) → Bohren nt; (= hole)Bohrloch nt
adj boring machineBohrmaschine f

boring

2
adjlangweilig
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boring

[ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adj (tedious) → noioso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bore2

(boː) verb
to make (someone) feel tired and uninterested, by being dull etc. He bores everyone with stories about his travels.
noun
a dull, boring person or thing.
ˈboredom noun
the state of being bored.
ˈboring adjective
a boring job; This book is boring.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

boring

مـُمِلّ nudný kedelig langweilig ανιαρός aburrido, ser aburrido tylsä ennuyeux dosadan noioso 退屈な 지루한 saai kjedelig nudny chato, maçador скучный tråkig น่าเบื่อ sıkıcı tẻ nhạt 令人厌烦的
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References in classic literature ?
"Boring for water, you black-and-tan galoot!" replied the Sheik of the Outfit, with that ready repartee which distinguishes the Unbeliever.
Winsett himself had a savage abhorrence of social observances: Archer, who dressed in the evening because he thought it cleaner and more comfortable to do so, and who had never stopped to consider that cleanliness and comfort are two of the costliest items in a modest budget, regarded Winsett's attitude as part of the boring "Bohemian" pose that always made fashionable people, who changed their clothes without talking about it, and were not forever harping on the number of servants one kept, seem so much simpler and less self-conscious than the others.
He worked quickly, boring cask after cask down the alleyway that led to deeper twilight.
"Don't you perceive," said Aramis, smiling, "that we are greatly boring this good gentleman, my dear D'Artagnan?"
So confident were they of that ultimate prospect, that the wealth already thus obtained was religiously expended in engines and machinery for the boring of wells and the conveyance of that precious water which the exhausted river had long since ceased to yield.
I must again, at the risk of boring, repeat that I am, in this one thing, to be considered a freak.
The work of casting, boring, masonry, the transport of workmen, their establishment in an almost uninhabited country, the construction of furnaces and workshops, the plant, the powder, the projectile, and incipient expenses, would, according to the estimates, absorb nearly the whole.
He stayed with them one hour, two, three, talking of all sorts of subjects but the one thing that filled his heart, and did not observe that he was boring them dreadfully, and that it was long past their bedtime.
"I hope you will excuse me for boring on like this," Miss Lavish concluded.
Well, au revoir, prince, I see I am keeping you, and boring you, too, interfering with your most interesting private reflections."
Stelling be expected to know that education was a delicate and difficult business, any more than an animal endowed with a power of boring a hole through a rock should be expected to have wide views of excavation?
She was boring right into me with her eyes, and very indignant.