boresome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of boresome
Example Sentences
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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."
From Time Magazine Archive
So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had come to be pretty boresome at times, you know.
From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Edwin Björkman
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