watching paint dry
Quintessentially dull activity
Something extremely boring or tedious.
The phrase works as a comparison: an activity is so dull it might as well be watching paint dry.
This meeting is like watching paint dry.
Also used as a noun phrase for any monotonous experience: I'd rather be watching paint dry than sitting through another one of his presentations.
- tediousnessQuality of causing weariness
- tediumWearisome dullness
- boringFailing to engage interest
- quiescenceState of being inactive
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
dullness · ennui · sluggishness · hyperbole · drudgery · sarcasm · gradualness · irony · stagnation · listlessness · banality · idleness · killing time · analogy · repetitiveness · delay · inactivity · weariness
watching paint drythrilling
Intensely exciting
edge-of-your-seat · riveting · gripping · nail-biter · heart-pounding
watching paint dryfast-paced
Moving or changing quickly
action-packed · breakneck speed · whirlwind · frenetic · high-octane
watching paint drywhirlwind
Violently rotating air column
breakneck speed · fast and furious · high-octane · wild ride · thrill ride
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