boresome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of boresome
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So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome.
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They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome.
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In Denver, socially boresome classmates formerly referred to as "creeps" are now called "meals"; a "sizzle" is a general term describing anyone from a creep to a showoff.
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Lewis promptly obliged: "I denounce Mr. Bernard DeVoto as a fool and a tedious and egotistical fool." he wrote, "as a liar and a pompous and boresome liar."
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There was an element of excitement in serving moral fiction to unsuspecting listeners, but hoodwinking himself proved a boresome task.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe
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