Meaning

4 senses
  1. Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

    What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.

    langweilig

    ску́чныйskúčnyj, ну́дныйnúdnyj

    нудни́йnudnýj

  2. (Manglish)Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

    I very boring.

  3. Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.

    boring equipment

    boring snails

  4. Capable of penetrating; piercing.

More definitions
  • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Examples

794 sentences
  1. It's boring to stay at home.

    Сидіти вдома нудно. — deniko

    ruДома сидеть скучно. — marafon

  2. Tom isn't boring, but Mary is.

    Том не нудний, а от Мері нудна. — deniko

  3. I know that Tom is boring.

    Я знаю, що Том нудний. — deniko

  4. Waiting for a train is boring.

    Чекати на потяг нудно. — deniko

    ruЖдать поезда скучно. — marafon

    deEs ist langweilig, auf einen Zug zu warten. — Manfredo

  5. 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

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
causing boredom or tiredness:
Русский
By meaning 1
causing boredom or tiredness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
causing boredom or tiredness:

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
Comparativemore boring / boringer Lesson
Superlativemost boring / boringest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

56 synonyms

Antonyms

9 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

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 dictionary

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