boring
Cutting through wood
Boring describes something that fails to hold attention or interest.
A boring lecture drags on without engaging the audience.
A boring person has nothing interesting to say.
The word comes from bore, to weary by dullness—unrelated to bore meaning to drill a hole, though being bored feels like having your patience slowly worn away.
The movie was so boring I fell asleep.
Failing to hold attention
- tediousBoring through length
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- humdrumLacking variety or excitement
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
dreary · tiresome · wearisome · lackluster · vapid · insipid · lifeless · flat
Hole-boring device
- bitSmall amount or portion
- augerSpiral hole-maker
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- wellboreDrilled subsurface hole
core · rig · oilrig · derrick · drillship · perforation · petroleum · exploration
Function's rate of change
- clichedOverused and unoriginal
- formulaicFollowing a set template
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- unimaginativeLacking creative originality
uncreative · uninspired · mediocre · stodgy · hackneyed · trite · conventional · stock
Sustained monotonous sound
- flatLacking vertical variation
- tonelessLacking pitch variation
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
unvarying · uninflected · drone · unemotional · impassive · wooden · robotic · leaden
Digging underground passages
- excavationAct of unearthing
- diggingRemoving earth below
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
pit · earthmover · backhoe · bulldozer · geotechnical · shoring · soil · groundwork
uninteresting
Failing to hold attention
- tediousBoring through length
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- humdrumLacking variety or excitement
mundane · dreary · tiresome · wearisome · lackluster · vapid · insipid · lifeless · flat · stale
drill
Hole-boring device
wellbore · core · rig · oilrig · derrick · drillship · perforation · petroleum · exploration · subsurface
derivative
Function's rate of change
- clichedOverused and unoriginal
- formulaicFollowing a set template
- predictableAble to be foreseen
unimaginative · uncreative · uninspired · mediocre · stodgy · hackneyed · trite · conventional · stock · cookie-cutter
droning
Sustained monotonous sound
- flatLacking vertical variation
- tonelessLacking pitch variation
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
deadpan · unvarying · uninflected · drone · unemotional · impassive · wooden · robotic · leaden · affectless
tunneling
Digging underground passages
- excavationAct of unearthing
- diggingRemoving earth below
- trenchLong narrow excavation
shaft · pit · earthmover · backhoe · bulldozer · geotechnical · shoring · soil · groundwork · foundation
- adjectivesbig, urgent, amazing, temporary, bold
- media descriptorsdramatic, thrilling, suspenseful, emotional, atmospheric
- boring thingsdull, tedious, monotonous, repetitive, tiresome
- dull wordsbland, tedious, dreary, monotonous, uninspiring
- dullnessmonotony, dullness, banality, mediocrity, drabness
- negative adjectivesawful, bad, cruel, dumb, evil
boringinteresting
Arousing curiosity or attention
fascinating · captivating · engrossing · gripping · riveting
boringexciting
Arousing eager interest
thrilling · exhilarating · electrifying · stirring · rousing
boringamazing
Causing great wonder
astonishing · astounding · surprising · remarkable · extraordinary
- boring from within
- boring machineEquipment for drilling tunnels
- boring insect
- tunnel boringDigging horizontal underground passages
- boring toolsHole-cutting implements
- wood-boring beetlesInsects whose larvae tunnel through timber