"boring" meaning in All languages combined

See boring on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-boring.ogg [US] Forms: boring [positive], more boring [comparative], most boring [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is boring, it is not interesting or makes you want to do something else. Synonyms: dull
    Sense id: simple-boring-en-adj--X4pEzdY

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-boring.ogg [US] Forms: bore [canonical], bores [third-person, singular], bored [past], bored [past, participle], boring [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|bor|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of bore.
    Sense id: simple-boring-en-verb-PDddBKuJ
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          "text": "Go to work, come home, sleep: life is so boring."
        },
        {
          "text": "A boring lesson is rarely a useful lesson."
        },
        {
          "text": "She's so boring. All she does is talk about clothes all the time."
        }
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        },
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