A person who evokes boredom.

synonym: dullard.

Roget 828: mental suffering, pain, dolor; suffering, sufferance; ache, smart etc. (physical pain) 378; passion.    displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet; malaise; inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit; taking; discontent etc. 832.    dejection etc. 837; weariness etc. 841; anhedonia^†.    annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation; plague, bore; bother, botheration; stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre [Fr.]; mauvais quart d'heur [Fr.].    care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark^†, dole, fret, burden, load.    concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache; carking cares; heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart; heavy affliction, gnawing grief.    unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation; despair etc. 859; extremity, prostration, depth of misery.    nightmare, ephialtes^†, incubus.    pang, anguish, agony; torture, torment; purgatory etc. (hell) 982.    hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond etc. (adversity) 735; peck of troubles; ills that flesh is heir to" etc. (evil) 619 [Hamlet]; miseries of human life; unkindest cut of all" [Julius Caesar]. sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb.    ... show more

Roget 830: painfulness etc. adj.; trouble, care etc. (pain) 828; trial; affliction, infliction; blow, stroke, burden, load, curse; bitter pill, bitter draught; waters of bitterness.    annoyance, grievance, nuisance, vexation, mortification, sickener^†; bore, bother, pother, hot water, sea of troubles" [Hamlet], hornet's nest, plague, pest.    cancer, ulcer, sting, thorn; canker etc. (bane) 663; scorpion etc. (evil doer) 913; dagger etc. (arms) 727; scourge etc. (instrument of punishment) 975; carking care, canker worm of care.    mishap, misfortune etc. (adversity) 735; desagrement [Fr.], esclandre [Fr.], rub.    source of irritation, source of annoyance; wound, open sore; sore subject, skeleton in the closet; thorn in the flesh, thorn in one's side; where the shoe pinches, gall and wormwood.    sorry sight, heavy news, provocation; affront etc. 929; head and front of one's offending" [Othello]. infestation, molestation; malignity etc. (malevolence) 907.    ... show more

Roget 841: weariness, defatigation^†; lassitude etc. (fatigue) 688; drowsiness etc. 683.    disgust, nausea, loathing, sickness; satiety etc. 869; taedium vitae etc. (dejection) 837; boredom, ennui.    wearisomeness, tediousness etc. adj.; dull work, tedium, monotony, twice-told tale.    bore, buttonholer, proser^†, wet blanket; pill [Slang], stiff [Slang]; heavy hours, the enemy" (time). ... show more

Polish: nudziarz, maruda

A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).

synonyms: aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore.

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt^†, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; cascade, force, foss^†; lin^†, linn^†; ghyll^†, Niagara; cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe^†, cataclysm; debacle, inundation, deluge; chute, washout.    rain, rainfall; serein^†; shower, scud; downpour; driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst; hyetology^†, hyetography^†; predominance of Aquarius^†, reign of St.    Swithin; mizzle^†, drizzle, stillicidum^†, plash; dropping etc. v.; falling weather; northeaster, hurricane, typhoon.    stream, course, flux, flow, profluence^†; effluence etc. (egress) 295; defluxion^†; flowing etc. v.; current, tide, race, coulee.    spring, artesian well, fount, fountain; rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet^†; streamlet, brooklet; branch [U.S.]; runnel, sike^†, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river; reach, tributary.    geyser, spout, waterspout.    body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash; spring tide, high tide, full tide; bore, tidal bore, eagre^†, hygre^†; fresh, freshet; indraught^†, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge^†, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow; confluence, corrivation^†.    wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple; anerythmon gelasma [Gr.]; beach comber, riffle [U.S.], rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps; rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea.    [Science of fluids in motion] hydrodynamics; hydraulics, hydraulicostatics^†; rain gauge, flowmeter; pegology^†.    irrigation etc. (water) 337; pump; watering pot, watering cart; hydrant, syringe; garden hose, lawn spray; bhisti^†, mussuk^†.    ... show more

Dutch: begerig, belust, enthousiast, gretig, verlangend, vloedbranding, vurig verlangend

Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

synonyms: caliber, calibre, gauge.

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel^†; transforation^†; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot.    opening; aperture, apertness^†; hiation^†, yawning, oscitancy^†, dehiscence, patefaction^†, pandiculation^†; chasm etc. (interval) 198.    embrasure, window, casement; abatjour^†; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel [Arch.]; dormer, lantern.    outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand^†, wizen, nozzle; placket.    portal, porch, gate, ostiary^†, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway^†, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate^†.    way, path etc. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe etc. 350; air pipe etc. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage^†, ajutage^†; ostium^†; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit^†, shaft; gallery.    alley, aisle, glade, vista.    bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite^†, thundertube^†.    porousness, porosity.    sieve, cullender^†, colander; cribble^†, riddle, screen; honeycomb.    apertion^†, perforation; piercing etc. v.; terebration^†, empalement^†, pertusion^†, puncture, acupuncture, penetration.    key etc. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout.    ... show more

Roget 202: breadth, width, latitude, amplitude; diameter, bore, caliber, radius; superficial extent etc. (space) 180.    thickness, crassitude^†; corpulence etc. (size) 192; dilation etc. (expansion) 194.    ... show more

Dutch: kaliber
Polish: kaliber

A hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes.

synonyms: bore-hole, drill hole.

Cause to be bored.

synonym: tire.

Roget 841: weary; tire etc. (fatigue) 688; bore; bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole.    pall, sicken, nauseate, disgust.    harp on the same string; drag its slow length along, drag its weary length along.    never hear the last of; be tired of, be sick of, be tired with etc. adj.; yawn; die with ennui.    [of journalistic articles] MEGO, my eyes glaze over.    ... show more

Roget 869: sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate; cloy, quench, slake, pall, glut.   , gorge, surfeit; bore etc. (weary) 841; tire etc. (fatigue) 688; spoil.    have enough of, have quite enough of, have one's fill, have too much of; be satiated etc. adj.. ... show more

Roget 830: cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain etc. 828; pain, hurt, wound.    pinch, prick, gripe etc. (physical pain) 378; pierce, lancinate^†, cut.    hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings; wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart; make the heart bleed; tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings; draw tears from the eyes.    sadden; make unhappy etc. 828; plunge into sorrow, grieve, fash^†, afflict, distress; cut up, cut to the heart.    displease, annoy, incommode, discompose, trouble, disquiet; faze, feaze^†, feeze [U.S.]; disturb, cross, perplex, molest, tease, tire, irk, vex, mortify, wherret^†, worry, plague, bother, pester, bore, pother, harass, harry, badger, heckle, bait, beset, infest, persecute, importune.    wring, harrow, torment, torture; bullyrag; put to the rack, put to the question; break on the wheel, rack, scarify; cruciate^†, crucify; convulse, agonize; barb the dart; plant a dagger in the breast, plant a thorn in one's side.    irritate, provoke, sting, nettle, try the patience, pique, fret, rile, tweak the nose, chafe, gall; sting to the quick, wound to the quick, cut to the quick; aggrieve, affront, enchafe^†, enrage, ruffle, sour the temper; give offense etc. (resentment) 900.    maltreat, bite, snap at, assail; smite etc. (punish) 972.    sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal^†, appall, freeze the blood; make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold; make one shudder.    haunt the memory; weigh on the heart, prey on the heart, weigh on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, prey on the spirits; bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave; add a nail to one's coffin.    ... show more

Dutch: vervelen

Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.

synonym: drill.

Roget 260: open, ope^†, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open.    perforate, pierce, empierce^†, tap, bore, drill; mine etc. (scoop out) 252; tunnel; transpierce^†, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in.    cut a passage through; make way for, make room for.    uncover, unclose, unrip^†; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.    ... show more

Dutch: vervelen, graven, blokken, drillen, boor, boren

Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.

Roget 797: merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman; changer; regrater^†; shopkeeper, shopman^†; tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk.    retailer; chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler^†; pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus^†; sutler^†, vivandiere^†; costerman^†, costermonger^†; tallyman; camelot; faker; vintner.    money broker, money changer, money lender; cambist^†, usurer, moneyer^†, banker.    jobber; broker etc. (agent) 758; buyer etc. 795; seller etc. 796; bear, bull.    concern; firm etc. (partnership) 712.    ... show more

Roget 895: discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners; insuavity^†; uncourteousness^†, etc. adj.; rusticity, inurbanity^†; illiberality, incivility displacency^†.    disrespect etc. 929; procacity^†, impudence: barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism^†, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret_e, brusquerie^†; vulgarity, etc. 851.    churlishness etc. adj.; spinosity^†, perversity; moroseness etc. (sullenness) 901.1. sternness etc. adj.; austerity; moodishness^†, captiousness etc. 901; cynicism; tartness etc. adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity.    scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality.    bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub^†; frump, crosspatch^†; saucebox etc. 887^†; crooked stick; grizzly.    ... show more

Roget 799a: stock market, stock exchange, securities exchange; bourse, board; the big board, the New York Stock Exchange; the market, the open market; over-the-counter market; privately traded issues.    commodities exchange, futures exchange, futures market.    the pit, the floor.    ticker, stock ticker, quotation; stock index, market index, the Dow Jones Index, the Dow Industrials, the transportation index, utilities, the utilities index; the New York Stock Exchange index, the Nikkei index [Jap.Tr.]; the Financial Times index, the FTI [Brit.], the over-the-counter index, NASDAQ index.    [person or firm trading securities] broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer; specialist.    [person who buys or sells stocks] investor, speculator, operator; bull, buyer; bear, short seller; scalper, arbitrager^†, arbitrageur^†; stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record; bond holder, coupon-clipper [Sarc.].    investment; speculation.    ... show more

Dutch: beer
Polish: niedźwiedź

An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price.

Dutch: berin, beer, bear, dalend, dalende

Have.

Cause to be born.

synonyms: birth, deliver, give birth, have.

Roget 470: be possible etc. adj.; stand a chance; admit of, bear.    render possible etc. adj.; put in the way of.   

Roget 161: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel; build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up; establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute; achieve, accomplish etc. (complete) 729.    flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean^†, yean^†, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle; bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world.    make productive etc. 168; create; beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate; procreate, progenerate^†, propagate; engender; bring into being, call into being, bring into existence; breed, hatch, develop, bring up.    induce, superinduce; suscitate^†; cause etc. 153; acquire etc. 775.    ... show more

Dutch: baren, bevallen

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant:
— I cannot bear his constant criticism.

synonyms: abide, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate ... show more.

Roget 821: feel; receive an impression etc. n.; be impressed with etc. adj.; entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling etc. n.. respond; catch the flame, catch the infection; enter the spirit of.    bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole [Scot.], aby^†; abide etc. (be composed) 826; experience etc. (meet with) 151; taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.    swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle; turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face; tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter; shake etc. 315; be agitated, be excited etc. 824; look blue, look black; wince; draw a deep breath.    impress etc. (excite the feelings) 824.    ... show more

Dutch: doormaken, doorstaan, dragen, dulden, gedogen, getroosten, harden, incasseren, kampen, velen, verdragen, verduren ... show more

Move while holding up or supporting.

Bring forth.

synonym: turn out.

Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person:
— She agreed to bear the responsibility.

synonyms: accept, assume, take over.

Dutch: overnemen

Contain or hold; have within.

synonyms: carry, contain, hold.

Dutch: bevatten, inhouden

Bring in:
— Interest-bearing accounts.

synonyms: pay, yield.

Dutch: betalen, verdienen

Have on one's person:
— Bear a scar.

synonym: wear.

Behave in a certain manner.

synonyms: acquit, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport.

Roget 270: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace^†, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote [U.S.]; port, import, export.    send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, embark; waft; shunt; transpose etc. (interchange) 148; displace etc. 185; throw etc. 284; drag etc. 285; mail, post.    shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.    ... show more

Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices:
— She bears the title of Duchess.

synonym: hold.

Support or hold in a certain manner.

synonyms: carry, hold.

Roget 215: be supported &c.; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c.; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle^†.    support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear^†; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage etc. 43.    give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed.    maintain, keep on foot; aid etc. 707.    ... show more

Be pregnant with:
— She is bearing his child.

synonyms: carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven.