boring
Causing boredom or tirednessCausing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
Meaning
4 sensesCausing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.
langweilig
ску́чныйskúčnyj, ну́дныйnúdnyj
нудни́йnudnýj
(Manglish)Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
I very boring.
Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
boring equipment
boring snails
Capable of penetrating; piercing.
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples
794 sentencesIt's boring to stay at home.
Сидіти вдома нудно. — deniko
ruДома сидеть скучно. — marafon
Tom isn't boring, but Mary is.
Том не нудний, а от Мері нудна. — deniko
I know that Tom is boring.
Я знаю, що Том нудний. — deniko
Waiting for a train is boring.
Чекати на потяг нудно. — deniko
ruЖдать поезда скучно. — marafon
deEs ist langweilig, auf einen Zug zu warten. — Manfredo
I don't think my life is boring.
Не думаю, що в мене нудне життя. — deniko
ruЯ не думаю, что моя жизнь скучна. — odexed
deIch denke nicht, dass mein Leben langweilig ist. — Manfredo
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing.Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing.
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Forms
more boring/boringer, most boring/boringest| Comparative | more boring / boringer Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most boring / boringest Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
56 synonymsAntonyms
9 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- was so boring
- as boring as
- speech was boring
- wasn't as boring
- really boring
- kind of boring
- the most boring
- was really boring
- what a boring
- life is boring
- must be boring
- most boring
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.