boring

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bor·ing [boring borings] BrE [ˈbɔːrɪŋ] NAmE [ˈbɔːrɪŋ] adjective
not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient
•a boring man
•a boring job/book/evening
Derived Word: ↑boringly

Thesaurus:
boring adj. (disapproving)
•She found her job very boring.
dull • • tedious • • uninteresting • • monotonous • • repetitive • • dry •
Opp: interesting
boring/dull/tedious/repetitive/monotonous jobs/work
a/an boring/dull/uninteresting place
a boring/dull man/woman/person

Synonyms:
boring
dull • tedious
These words all describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting.
boring • not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient: ▪ He's such a boring man! ◇ ▪ She found her job very boring.
dull • not interesting or exciting: ▪ Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
tedious • lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bored and impatient: ▪ The journey soon became tedious.
to be boring/dull/tedious for sb
boring/dull/tedious subjects/books
boring/dull/tedious jobs/work/games
a boring/dull place/man/woman/person
deadly boring/dull

Example Bank:
•Green is much better than boring old white.
•She found her job boring.
•That film was dead boring.
•The game was boring for the spectators.
•Try not to make the diet boring.
•He's such a boring man!
•His letters are really rather boring.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, drilling, oil production