Synset omw.1345307-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