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boresome

[ bawr-suhm, bohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1865–70; bore ¹ + -some ¹

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

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.

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.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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