The Multilingual Sign Language Wordnet

Synset omw.01345307-a

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Lemmas: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome

Definition: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; ; ; ; ; ; - Edmund Burke; ; - Mark Twain

Examples:

• 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
• tedious days on the train
• the tiresome chirping of a cricket
• other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome