Something that wearies.

An insipid person or thing; one who is deficient in sense, spirit, or taste. Obsolete.

figurative. That which is plain, simple, or matter-of-fact; (often with negative connotations) that which is dull or commonplace. Cf. poetry, n. 6.

A thing which bores or causes ennui; an annoyance, a nuisance.

With an and plural. An example of insipidity; an insipid person, remark, etc.

concrete. A cause of ennui.

The or an act of yawning. transferred and in transferred contexts, denoting something that induces boredom; a tedious activity. colloquial.

colloquial. Chiefly British. A fuss, a commotion; a tedious or unnecessarily drawn-out process, a rigmarole.

A bore, nuisance (cf. bind, v. 22). slang.

slang. A boring person or thing (see bind, v. 22).

colloquial (originally U.S.). Something ‘corny’ (see corny, adj.1 1c); spec. old-fashioned or inferior music. Also attributive.

transferred. Something dreary or boring. colloquial (originally U.S.).

= hum, int. (usually as an expression of boredom). Also as n. v. As adj., dull and routine.

used as the type of something mild, innocuous, and uneventful.