boresome

[ bawr-suhm, bohr- ]
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adjective
  1. tedious; dull; wearisome; boring.

Origin of boresome

1
First recorded in 1865–70; bore1 + -some1

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How to use boresome in a sentence

  • The internal condition is determinative, for things that are boresome to one may be very interesting to another.

    Criminal Psychology | Hans Gross
  • It seems a pity that pleasant happenings make time pass quickly and sad and boresome things make it drag.

  • Well, Judge, life has become rather boresome, so I thought I would drop in and ask you to do me a small favor.

    Contemporary One-Act Plays | Sir James M. Barrie
  • My protests, as always, proving futile, I spent a very boresome time flying backandforth over the same patch of ground.

  • Courageously she was resolving that she would take the first opportunity to escape from this boresome routine of pleasure-seeking.

    The Apartment Next Door | William Andrew Johnston