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boring definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bore 1 of 2 senses of bore Sense 2 bore, drill => counter-drill => trepan Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bore 1 of 2 senses of bore Sense 2 bore, drill => counter-drill => trepan Entailment of verb bore Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb bore 2 senses of bore Sense 1 bore, tire Sense 2 bore, drill => cut Familiarity of verb bore bore used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bore Sense 1 bore, tire -------------- Sense 2 bore, drill => cut -------------- Grep of noun boring boring boringness Overview of noun boring The noun boring has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. drilling, boring -- (the act of drilling) 2. boring, drilling, oil production -- (the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum) Overview of verb bore The verb bore has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) bore, tire -- (cause to be bored) 2. (4) bore, drill -- (drill a hole into) Overview of adj boring The adj boring has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome") Antonyms of adj boring 1 sense of boring Sense 1 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome INDIRECT (VIA uninteresting) -> interesting Similarity of adj boring 1 sense of boring Sense 1 boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome => uninteresting (vs. interesting) Attributes of adj boring Familiarity of adj boring boring used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj boring boring laboring neighboring Overview of noun boring The noun boring has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. drilling, boring -- (the act of drilling) 2. boring, drilling, oil production -- (the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum) Overview of verb bore The verb bore has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) bore, tire -- (cause to be bored) 2. (4) bore, drill -- (drill a hole into) Overview of adj boring The adj boring has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome -- (so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome")
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