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boringly Definition


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bore2
verb
    bored, boring
    1. To make someone feel tired and uninterested, by being dull, tedious, uninteresting, unimaginative, etc.
noun
    1. A dull, uninteresting or tedious person or thing.
    2. colloq
      Something that causes a certain amount of irritation or annoyance; a nuisance.
      Thesaurus: nuisance, pest, annoyance, bother, vexation; Antonym: pleasure.
Derivative: bored
adj
    Tired and uninterested from being unoccupied or under-occupied.
      Thesaurus: wearied, fatigued, jaded, blasé, in a rut, sick and tired; Antonym: interested, excited.
Derivative: boredom
noun
    The state of being bored.
      Thesaurus: apathy, listlessness, tedium, ennui, indifference, monotony, doldrums; Antonym: excitement.
Derivative: boring
adj
    Tedious and uninteresting.
      Thesaurus: unexciting, wearisome, tiresome, tedious, long-winded, stale, routine, dreary, dull, trite, vapid; Antonym: interesting, original.
Derivative: boringly
adverb
    Etymology: 18c.



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