boring as a noun: - 1
- 2
as an adjective: - 1
boring
noun
1 boring
The act of drilling.
synonym: drilling.
Polish: wiercenie, borowanie, wywiercanie
2 boring
The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum.
synonyms: drilling, oil production.
Dutch: boren
Polish: wiertnictwo
adjective
1 boring
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness:
— A boring evening with uninteresting people.
synonyms: deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome.
Roget 843:
dull,
dull as ditch water;
unentertaining,
uninteresting,
flat,
dry as dust;
unfunny,
unlively†,
logy [U.S.];
unimaginative;
insulse†;
dry as dust;
prosy,
prosing,
prosaic;
matter of fact,
commonplace,
pedestrian,
pointless;
weary stale flat and unprofitable"
[Hamlet].
stupid,
slow,
flat,
insipid,
vapid,
humdrum,
monotonous;
melancholic
etc.
837;
stolid
etc.
499;
plodding.
boring,
tiresome,
tedious
etc.
841.
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Roget 136:
frequent,
many times,
not rare,
thickcoming†,
incessant,
perpetual,
continual,
steady,
constant,
thick;
uniform;
repeated
etc.
104;
customary
etc.
613
(habit)
613;
regular
(normal)
80;
according to rule
etc.
(conformable)
82.
common,
everyday,
usual,
ordinary,
familiar.
old-hat,
boring,
well-known,
trivial.
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Polish: niezajmujący, nudny, nieinteresujący
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