Word relationships
Synonyms
boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome
Local English word record
tiresome
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness- Edmund Burke- Mark Twain
Practice this wordExamples
- 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
Source and method
This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.