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| boring2 |
When something is boring, it is not interesting or exciting to you. It is dull. |
| dead |
When something is not interesting, busy, or exciting, we sometimes say it is dead. When a party is dead, it means the party is boring or that very few people are there. [1/9 definitions] |
| deadly |
very boring. [1/3 definitions] |
| drone2 |
to talk in a boring voice without changing one's tone. [1/3 definitions] |
| drudgery |
hard, boring, and unpleasant work. |
| dry |
not interesting; boring. [1/8 definitions] |
| dull |
not interesting or lively; boring. [1/7 definitions] |
| plod |
to work slowly and steadily on a boring task. [1/2 definitions] |
| plug |
When you plug away at something, you work at it in a slow and steady way. It might be boring or difficult, but you keep working at it. [1/4 definitions] |
| rut1 |
a boring routine or way of life. [1/3 definitions] |
| stale |
boring because it is no longer new; used too often. [1/2 definitions] |
| stuffy |
dull, boring, or very proper. [1/3 definitions] |
| tire1 |
When something tires you, like a boring book or movie, it makes you want to go to sleep or just do something else. It doesn't interest you or keep your interest. [1/3 definitions] |
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