boresome
- adjective
- /ˈbɔːrsəm/
- Archaic
:
aburrido
- Many students thought the textbook was boresome compared to the interactive lessons.
Examples
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This is so boresome.
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Don't make it boresome!
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The movie was so boresome that I struggled to stay awake until the end.
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He found the long meeting boresome and kept checking his watch.
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The lecture was so boresome that many students fell asleep.
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She found the movie incredibly boresome and wished she had chosen a different one.
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His boresome stories about his job made it hard for anyone to stay engaged.
Synonyms
721
1.0
Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
182
1.3
Not interesting or lively
87
4.4
Boring and repetitive, making you feel mentally tired
37
4.1
Making you bored, annoyed, or mentally tired
23
4.2
Not bright or colorful and not lively
20
1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
20
3.7
Not exciting or interesting
14
6.5
So boring that you stop paying attention
14
4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
14
5.3
Something that is boring because it has no variety
9
6.5
Not exciting and having little variety
8
7.9
Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement
7
3.5
Not interesting or exciting
5
8.1
Not interesting and making you feel bored
3
3.2
Not interesting or exciting
2
7.0
Makes you feel tired or bored because it is repetitive
1
6.9
Making something feel very dull and boring
1
9.3
Feeling bored, tired, and not interested
1
4.5
Does not make people laugh
Making people feel bored
Not causing excitement or interest
Not interesting to watch, read or listen to
Boring and not interesting to think about or feel
Not bright in color and not very interesting
Very boring and hard to pay attention to
Antonyms
How Boring
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boresome comes from bore (someone or something that makes you bored) plus the ending -some, which means 'causing' or 'full of', as in tiresome. So boresome means 'causing boredom' — think of a long talk that makes you check your watch.