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boring English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word boring once they have reached the level B1 – Lower Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning boring meaning

What does boring mean?

Definitions in simple English

boring Adjective

— If something is boring, it is not interesting or makes you want to do something else. Go to work, come home, sleep: life is so boring. A boring lesson is rarely a useful lesson. She's so boring. All she does is talk about clothes all the time.

boring

— adjective (= deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome) 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

— noun (= drilling) the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

— noun (= drilling) the act of drilling

Synonyms boring synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as boring?

boring English » English

dull

tedious

tiresome

drilling

monotonous

uninteresting

wearisome

irksome

humdrum

piercing

dreary

stodgy

insipid

drab

unexciting

slow

senseless

lifeless

ho-hum

bothersome

bored

annoying

weary

vapid

uninspiring

troublesome

tiring

tiresomeness

tame

ponderous

oil production

monotony

lacklustre

lackluster

irritating

gnawing

flat

deadening

bore

worrying

weariful

wearied

very quiet

unrefined

unpleasant

unkind

tired

tedium

surly

sullen

Topics boring topics

What do people use boring to talk about?

Person Body condition

Tired

• What words describe something that makes someone tired?
  tiring exhausting wearing boring draining grueling taxing tedious wearisome wearying

Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Uninterested, bored

• What words describe something that is uninteresting?
  uninteresting not very interesting boring dull tedious uneventful unexciting humdrum monotonous repetitive long-winded

Work and occupation Work

Job satisfaction

• What words refer to not being satisfied with your job?
  hate your job boring

Examples boring examples

How do I use boring in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Was I really boring?

His lectures are terribly boring.

I found the book boring.

His speech got awfully boring.

They are boring a hole.

Symmetry is boring.

How boring.

This novel is boring.

Am I boring you?

You are boring me!

It's boring to watch.

School is boring.

If it were not for books, life would be boring.

It was such a boring speech that I fell asleep.

At the last office I went to I ran out of work after a couple of hours, which made the rest of the day rather boring.

How boring this game is!

This video is boring.

So boring was the lecture that he fell asleep.

I think his novel is boring.

Jane had a very boring weekend.

This place is boring.

Doing homework is extremely boring.

All the films are boring.

The game was slow, and it was also boring.

My first day in the university was rather boring.

It's boring to wait for a train.

His novels are, for the most part, very boring.

Movie subtitles

It's. it's just so boring!

That's a boring conversation.

This is boring, Rebecca.

Eh, can we get back to work, or am I boring you?

No, there's an ugly, boring car on fire outside.

Guys, come on, I know business meetings are boring, but can we just focus for the next half hour?

Just some boring Sheriff stuff.

You're boring the young lady.

Girls, another boring Sunday!

Must have been very boring for you.

It must be boring to be idolized.

There's no use boring you about her.

Am I that boring?

And it's definitely not boring.

Oh, come now. That sounds rather boring to me.

Nevertheless, at the risk of boring you. it is my painful duty to inform you that 250 of my men. are now complete masters of the town of Port Royal.

Why am I boring you with private matters?

Why are you always so boring lately, and so correct?

Am I boring you?

Oh, heavens, I wouldn't think of boring our guests.

I'm sure Marie Antoinette would like to say a few boring words.

Sincere people are boring.

What a boring town.

It's not our fault. They changed the boring. We've not been delivered yet.

Because it's boring and I never win.

The rest is about law, very boring.

It's boring, and no one ever scores.

I feel that you're really uninteresting and boring, I don't even wish to see you.

There will no longer be a boring person in the future.

Don't go making this nothin' but a boring puddle of yer own crap!

Don't speak about marching. You're boring the young lady.

Oh, Jeeves, I'm so tired of this boring inactivity.

Am I boring you with all this?

Shall I point out the things we're proudest of no matter how boring? Oh, it's beautiful.

News and current affairs

If the ball would roll from the center point straight into one of the goals, its track would be, or would seem to be, strictly determined and the whole thing would be boring.

I should be boring my children, and the students at Oxford University where I am Chancellor, with grumbles about how everything is going to the dogs.

Even citizens who prize accuracy have little way of knowing that they are sacrificing it when they switch channels from boring foxes to charismatic hedgehogs.

I want Russia to be a boring country - at least for the next few decades.

This is the mystery Russia faces, for after our boring campaign we left with only a guessing game.

It is only logical that banks with state-guaranteed deposits should be safe and boring, with other necessary, but risky activities hived off to separate companies.

To be utterly boring, holding forth for hours on end, regardless of entertainment value, is the privilege of autocrats.

But today's political parties and politicians are so well known that Polish politics is boring us to sleep.

But in looking for fun in politics, we Poles have to remember that democracy, at its root, is meant to be boring, and for a good reason.

Getting the kind of messages that emerged from the London meeting embedded in public and political consciousness is going to be slow boring through hard boards.

LONDON - Other people's elections are usually baffling and boring, which is certainly true of the United Kingdom's coming vote on May 7; indeed, many Britons share the sentiment.

Turkish elections have been boring affairs since the AKP came to power in 2002.

In the early 2000s, German soccer was boring.

In October, James Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for his description of the structure of DNA, was in London to promote his memoir, Avoid Boring People and Other Lessons From a Life in Science.

It also has the great advantage of almost always being perceived as incredibly boring.

In the realm of international economics, being perceived as boring confers power to the extent that it allows major decisions to be made without a great deal of external scrutiny.

BERLIN - Germany's current parliamentary election campaign looks like a front-running contender for the title of the most boring in the history of the Federal Republic.