mind-numbing
mind-numbing · more mind-numbing · most mind-numbing
отупляющий
stumpfsinnig
Excessively boring, tedious, or dullExcessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation.
After hours of mind-numbing work sorting hundreds of nearly identical form, he needed to stop and do something else.
The story described the main character's wristwatch in mind-numbing detail.
stumpfsinnig
отупля́ющийotupljájuščij
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
excessively boring:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
excessively boring:
Origin
From mind + numbing. Compare Old English ġemynd-benimming (“lethargy”, noun, literally “nuFrom mind + numbing. Compare Old English ġemynd-benimming (“lethargy”, noun, literally “numbing of the mind, mind-numbing”).
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Forms
more mind-numbing, most mind-numbing| Comparative | more mind-numbing Lesson |
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| Superlative | most mind-numbing Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form