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boresome

[ bawr-suh m, bohr- ]

/ ˈbɔr səm, ˈboʊr- /

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adjective

tedious; dull; wearisome; boring.

Origin of boresome

First recorded in 1865–70; bore¹ + -some¹

Words nearby boresome

borelli, borer, borer bomb, borescope, boresight, boresome, borg, borger, borgerhout, borges, borges, jorge luis

Example sentences from the Web for boresome

I was pretty certain she thought me a boresome prig, and I determined I'd prove I wasn't.

The Long Day |Dorothy Richardson
It seems a pity that pleasant happenings make time pass quickly and sad and boresome things make it drag.

Vacation with the Tucker Twins |Nell Speed
Better a rehearsal conducted in this way and only one hour long, than a slow-moving, boresome affair, two hours in length.

Essentials in Conducting |Karl Wilson Gehrkens
Letters that don't matter, letters from the insignificant and the boresome, simply aren't answered.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 11, 1917 |Various

Those speeches were so boresome, and that old senator person—wasn't he a stuff?

Plays |Susan Glaspell