boresomeadj.
/ˈbɔːsəm/ Tending to be a bore, boring.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
1895 19th Cent. Sept. 474 I spent a boresome fortnight at Aden.
1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 152 They were all casual and indifferent to their poor wives! and boresome, and bored!!
Derivatives
ˈboresomeness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious
irksomeness1533
wearisomeness1579
inanity1603
tediositya1625
drynessa1637
unliveliness1643
flatness1649
tedium1662
tiresomeness1668
aridity1692
languor1741
dullness1751
uninterestingness1794
ponderousness1801
yawniness1805
unimpressiveness1827
slowness1828
grey1830
fadeness1837
woodenness1854
tristeness1866
boresomeness1883
boringness1893
stodginess1899
monochrome1962
1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. I. xvi. 313 So little real enjoyment to make up for so much loss of time and boresomeness.
1925 P. A. Scholes 2nd Bk. Gramophone Rec. p. xii There is..a degree of boresomeness in some of Beethoven's compositions.
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