boring

noun

/ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/UK/ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/US/ˈboː.ɹɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English boryng (“making a hole”); equivalent to bore + -ing.

inherited from boryng — “making a hole”

Definitions

1
The act or process of boring holes
The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
- turning and boring
- fine boring with a boring head on a boring mill
2
A pit or hole which has been bored.
- It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.
One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
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1. present participle and gerund of bore
2. 5
  Causing boredom or tiredness
  Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.
  - What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.
  - Oh, let's not spoil a good dinner with a reconcilation^([sic]) scene. We’ve hardly split up. We’ll get to be like two old people who can communicate, and nothing’s boringer than that.
3. 6
  Suffering from boredom
  Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
  - I very boring.
4. 7
  Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes.
  - boring equipment
  - boring snails
5. 8
  Capable of penetrating
  Capable of penetrating; piercing.
  - [H]is remarkably blue eyes had the trick of boring concentration.
6. A surname.
7. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.

The neighborhood

synonymdull
synonymmind-numbing
synonymtedious
synonymbanal
synonymbasic
synonymbeat
synonymblah
synonymbland
synonymboring
synonymcold
synonymcolourless
synonymcorny
antonymarousing
antonymcaptivating
antonymcharming
antonymengaging
antonymenchanting
antonymfascinating
antonymentertaining
antonymexciting
antonyminteresting
neighborbore
neighborbored
neighborboredom
neighborcommon
neighborfamiliar
neighbormoving
neighbornormal
neighborwearisome

Derived

macroboring, microboring, boring as beans, Boring Billion, boringly, boringness, nonboring, unboring, wood-boring

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at boring. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at boring. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at boring

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA