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prosy

prosy

9.6
Not interesting and showing little imagination
  • adjective
  • /ˈproʊzi/
translation icon : prosaico
  • I found the book to be quite prosy, lacking any engaging ideas or themes.

Examples

  • It's very atmospheric, magical, kind of whimsical, very prosy like the the writing is very flowery, which is what people enjoyed.

  • The lecture was so prosy that many students fell asleep.

  • Her presentation on the topic was disappointingly prosy, with no creativity or spark.

Synonyms

pedestrian
vsprosy
27 6.7

Not interesting or exciting

emphasizes lack of originality and imaginative thought instead
sterile
vsprosy
23 6.2

Not showing new ideas or creative thinking

highlights dullness in everyday sense rather than productive failure
uninspired
vsprosy
14 4.0

Not having new or interesting ideas

places stress on being uninventive rather than merely low energy
prosaic
vsprosy
8 7.9

Ordinary and dull without imagination or excitement

focuses more on lack of originality and creative spark
earthbound
vsprosy
1 7.1

Not creative or adventurous, often plain and boring

is more about missing originality and imaginative interest
bromidic
vsprosy
9.9

Boring because it uses words or ideas people hear many times

is dull from general lack of imagination rather than cliché use
unpoetical
vsprosy
7.0

Not showing beauty, imagination, or strong feeling

focuses on plain unoriginality rather than absence of poetic form

Antonyms

1.0

Attracting attention because it is new, exciting, or makes you think

60 3.7

Having many new and different ideas

How Dull

tedious
87 4.4
boring
721 1.0
prosy
9.6
dull
182 1.3

Surface Forms

prosy positive

Morphology

prosy = prose (semi-transparent) = prose + y

Formed from 'prose' + '-y' so the relation is clear, but the evaluative sense 'dull, uninteresting' is a conventional extension that learners may not predict exactly.

Etymology

Prosy comes from prose, which means 'ordinary, direct speech' rather than poetry. Because prose was seen as plain and without poetic spark, calling something prosy means it is 'dull' or 'lacking imagination'.