to bore

Examples

• All

• So I'm not going to bore you with the details of the model too much.

• Your hypocrisy bores me.

  Step Sisters (2018)

• But it slightly bores me and I wrote a book.

• Everything else bores me but you.

  A Farewell to Arms (1957)

• In the first place, that stuff bores me.

  Academic text (2009)

• And yet so much work bores people to tears.

• While I loved the opening of Up, the rest of the movie bores me to tears.

  Blog text (34)

• So if something bores you, dig deeper.

• And nothing bores me more than malicious gossip.

  After Office Hours (1935)

• I don't know a ton about the subject, and the whole thing honestly bores me to death.

  Blog text (18)

Synonyms

T

to tire

vsto bore

19 1.3

To stop feeling interested in something

focuses on causing loss of interest through dullness or monotony

W

to weary

vsto bore

2 4.6

To begin to feel bored with something after doing it many times

focuses on causing loss of interest by being dull or monotonous

F

to fatigue

vsto bore

1 6.0

To get bored and lose interest in something

focuses on causing someone else to feel uninterested rather than becoming uninterested

Antonyms

E

to excite

331 2.7

To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager

I

to interest

206 1.0

To make someone want to know more about something

Compounds

B

bore bit

• Specialized

8.1

A tool for a drill that cuts into rock or other hard material

T

tidal bore

8.9

A high wave that moves upriver against the river current

How Boring

to bore

15 1.4

to weary

2 4.6

to amuse

153 1.4

to engage

117 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology