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snoozer

snoozer

1 8.6
An event that is very boring and makes people sleepy
  • noun
  • /ˈsnuːzər/
  • Informal
translation icon : aburrimiento
  • Road trip to Missouri turned into a snoozer, but the gauntlet run begins now for the Tide, with the four toughest games on the regular season schedule all coming in the next four weeks.

Examples

  • One thing's for certain, this season of Survivor certainly has not been a snoozer.

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  • Governor's State of the State Speech a Snoozer

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  • And I suspect his constitutional law classes might have been real snoozers.

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  • They're actually making the 2010-11 Miami Heat seem like a C-SPAN snoozer by comparison.

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  • The lecture on tax policies was a real snoozer, and many attendees struggled to stay awake.

  • Despite the thrilling title, the documentary turned out to be a snoozer that failed to engage its viewers.

  • I thought the concert would be exciting, but it ended up being a total snoozer that left the audience yawning.

Synonyms

yawner
vssnoozer
  • Informal
1 7.1

A thing or person that is so boring you lose interest

refers specifically to a lecture event or experience

How Boring

yawner
  • Informal
1 7.1
snoozer
  • Informal
1 8.6
dud
  • Informal
14 4.7

Surface Forms

snoozer singular
snoozers plural

Morphology

snoozer = snooze (transparent) = snooze + er

The noun is formed by adding '-er' to 'snooze' in a regular way; learners who know 'snooze' can infer a thing or person that snoozes or causes snoozing.

Etymology

Snoozer comes from the informal verb snooze meaning 'sleep a little' plus the ending -er that makes a noun. So a snoozer is something that makes you want to 'snooze', in other words a very boring event.