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- Dictionaryboring/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. not interesting; tedious: "I've got a boring job in an office"
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A1. not interesting or exciting: She finds opera boring. It's boring to sit on the plane with nothing to read. a boring lecture. The movie was so boring I fell asleep. Synonyms. drab disapproving. dreary disapproving. dry (BORING) disapproving. dull. ho-hum. monotonous. tedious. uninteresting. wearisome formal.
The meaning of BORING is causing weariness and restlessness through lack of interest : causing boredom : tiresome. How to use boring in a sentence.
Boring definition: causing or marked by boredom; dull and uninteresting; tiresome. See examples of BORING used in a sentence.
adjective. /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient. He's such a boring man! a boring job/book/evening. The movie was dreadfully dull and incredibly boring. The music eventually gets boring to listen to. Synonyms boring. Extra Examples. Topics Working life a1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
As an adjective boring describes something (or someone) that is tedious, dull, and lacking in interest. As a noun, boring refers to the act of drilling a hole, or the hole itself.
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).
Boring is the enlarging of a hole by removing material from the internal surfaces with a single-point cutter bit.
