boring A1 Topic:Senses & Perception US /ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/ UK /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #1939 Meanings 1 adj Not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient. What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not interesting; making you... dullslow More banalbasicbeatblahblandcoldcolourlesscornydrabdreichdrowsy ↔ Opposites arousingcaptivatingcharmingenchantingengagingentertainingexcitingfascinatinginteresting Word family Derived forms boringlyboringnessmacroboringmicroboringnonboringunboringwood-boring Related forms boreboredboredomcommon Common collocations boring speech Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English boryng (“making a hole”); equivalent to bore + -ing. *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European boryng Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # boring **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 1939 ## Meanings 1. Not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient. ## Examples - What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep. ## Synonyms - banal - basic - beat - blah - bland - cold - colourless - corny - drab - dreich - drowsy - dull ## Antonyms - arousing - captivating - charming - enchanting - engaging - entertaining - exciting - fascinating - interesting ## Derived Forms - boringly - boringness - macroboring - microboring - nonboring - unboring - wood-boring ## Related Forms - bore - bored - boredom - common ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *bʰerH- - Root: boryng ## Etymology From Middle English boryng (“making a hole”); equivalent to bore + -ing. ## AI Etymology Boring comes from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”); equivalent to bore + -ing. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown