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===Thesaurus===
 
===Thesaurus===
 
[[acupunctuation]], [[acupuncture]], [[arid]], [[bore]], [[boresome]], [[broach]], [[dead]], [[drab]], [[dreary]], [[drill hole]], [[drudging]], [[dry]], [[dull]], [[empiercement]], [[exhausting]], [[fatiguing]], [[fixing]], [[flat]], [[goring]], [[gray]], [[humdrum]], [[impalement]], [[irksome]], [[lancing]], [[long-drawn-out]], [[monotonous]], [[penetration]], [[perforation]], [[piercing]], [[pricking]], [[prolix]], [[punching]], [[puncture]], [[puncturing]], [[repetitious]], [[repetitive]], [[same]], [[samely]], [[skewering]], [[soporific]], [[stale]], [[stupefyingly boring]], [[stuporific]], [[tedious]], [[terebration]], [[tired]], [[tiresome]], [[tiring]], [[transfixation]], [[transfixion]], [[transforation]], [[trepanning]], [[trephining]], [[unending]], [[unexciting]], [[uninteresting]], [[unrelieved]], [[weariful]], [[wearing]], [[wearisome]], [[wearying]], [[wordy]], [[yawny]]
 
[[acupunctuation]], [[acupuncture]], [[arid]], [[bore]], [[boresome]], [[broach]], [[dead]], [[drab]], [[dreary]], [[drill hole]], [[drudging]], [[dry]], [[dull]], [[empiercement]], [[exhausting]], [[fatiguing]], [[fixing]], [[flat]], [[goring]], [[gray]], [[humdrum]], [[impalement]], [[irksome]], [[lancing]], [[long-drawn-out]], [[monotonous]], [[penetration]], [[perforation]], [[piercing]], [[pricking]], [[prolix]], [[punching]], [[puncture]], [[puncturing]], [[repetitious]], [[repetitive]], [[same]], [[samely]], [[skewering]], [[soporific]], [[stale]], [[stupefyingly boring]], [[stuporific]], [[tedious]], [[terebration]], [[tired]], [[tiresome]], [[tiring]], [[transfixation]], [[transfixion]], [[transforation]], [[trepanning]], [[trephining]], [[unending]], [[unexciting]], [[uninteresting]], [[unrelieved]], [[weariful]], [[wearing]], [[wearisome]], [[wearying]], [[wordy]], [[yawny]]
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==Translations==
 
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{{trans-top|inciting boredom}}
 
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|ممل|tr=múmill}}, {{t|ar|مضجر|tr=múDjir}}
 
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* Armenian: {{t-|hy|ձանձրալի|tr=janjrali}}
 
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|скучен|tr=skúčen}},  {{t|bg|досаден|tr=dosáden}}
 
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* [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|avorrit}}
 
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* Chinese:
 
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*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|formal}} {{t|cmn|乏味|tr=fáwèi|sc=Hani}}, {{qualifier|informal}} {{t-|cmn|無聊|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|无聊|tr=wúliáo|sc=Hani}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{t|cmn|沒勁|sc=Hani}}, {{t|cmn|没劲|tr=méijìn|sc=Hani}}
 
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* Croatian: {{t-|hr|dosadan|alt=dȍsādan}}
 
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* Czech: {{t-|cs|nudný|m}}
 
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* Danish: {{t|da|kedelig}}
 
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|saai}}
 
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* Finnish: [[tylsä]] (1), [[tylsistyttävä]] (1)
 
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* French: {{t+|fr|ennuyeux|m}}, {{t+|fr|ennuyeuse|f}}, {{t+|fr|barbant}}
 
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* German: {{t+|de|langweilig}}
 
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* Greek: {{t+|el|βαρετός}},  {{t|el|πληκτικός}},  {{t|el|ανιαρός}}
 
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* Hebrew: [[משעמם]] (mesha'amem) {{m}}, [[משעממת]] (mesha'amemet) {{f}}
 
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{{trans-mid}}
 
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* Hungarian: {{t|hu|unalmas}}
 
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* Icelandic: {{t+|is|leiðinlegur}}
 
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* [[Ido]]: [[enoyiganta]], [[enoyigiva]]
 
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* Italian: {{t+|it|noioso|m}}, {{t+|it|noiosa|f}}
 
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|つまらない|tr=tsumaranai}}, {{t+|ja|退屈|alt=退屈な|tr=たいくつな, taikutsu-na}}, {{t|ja|うんざり|alt=うんざりさせた|tr=unzari-saseta}}
 
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* Korean: {{t|ko|무료한|tr=muryohan|sc=Hang}}, {{t|ko|지루|alt=지루하다|tr=jiru-hada|sc=Hang}}
 
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* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kjedelig}},  {{t|no|kjedsommelig}}
 
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* Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[کسل کننده]]}} (kesel-konandeh) {{fa-Arab|[[ملال آور]]}} (malaal-aavar)
 
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|nudny}}
 
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* Portuguese: [[entediante]], [[enfadonho]] ''adj''
 
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|скучный|tr=skúčnyj, skúšnyj}}, {{t+|ru|нудный|tr=núdnyj}}
 
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* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|liosta}}
 
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* Slovene: [[dolgočasen]] {{m}}, [[dolgočasna]] {{f}}, [[dolgočasno]] {{n}}
 
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|aburrido}}
 
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tråkig}}
 
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sıkıcı}}
 
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{{trans-bottom}}
 
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===Anagrams===
 
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* [[orbing#English|orbing]]
 
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* [[robing#English|robing]]
 
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==Dutch==
 
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===Etymology===
 
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From {{suffix|boren|ing|alt1=bor|gloss1=stem of {{term|boren|lang=nl}}|lang=nl}}.
 
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===Pronunciation===
 
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* {{a|BE}} {{audio|Nl-boring (Belgium).ogg|boring}}
 
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====Noun====
 
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{{nl-noun|g=f|dim=borinkje}}
 
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# [[drilling]]
 
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#: ''offshoreboring'' — offshore drilling
 

Revision as of 08:42, 8 May 2014

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːrɪŋ

Noun

Boring (plural Borings)
  1. A pit or hole which has been bored.
    • 1992, J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications, p. 191:
      It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.

Verb

boring

  1. Present participle of bore.

Adjective

Boring (comparative more Boring, superlative most Boring)

  1. That which incites boredom in a person.

Synonyms

Related terms

Thesaurus

acupunctuation, acupuncture, arid, bore, boresome, broach, dead, drab, dreary, drill hole, drudging, dry, dull, empiercement, exhausting, fatiguing, fixing, flat, goring, gray, humdrum, impalement, irksome, lancing, long-drawn-out, monotonous, penetration, perforation, piercing, pricking, prolix, punching, puncture, puncturing, repetitious, repetitive, same, samely, skewering, soporific, stale, stupefyingly boring, stuporific, tedious, terebration, tired, tiresome, tiring, transfixation, transfixion, transforation, trepanning, trephining, unending, unexciting, uninteresting, unrelieved, weariful, wearing, wearisome, wearying, wordy, yawny

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