Notes on usage: Boring

Dull  -  Tedious

 

These all words describe a subject, activity, person or place that is not interesting or exciting.

 

Boring not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient: He’s such a boring man! | She found her job very boring.
Dull not interesting or exciting: Life in a small town could be deadly dull.
Tedious lasting or taking too long and not interesting, so that you feel bore and impatient: The journey soon became tedious.

 

Patterns
*To be boring/dull/ tedious for sb
*Boring/dull/tedious subjects/books
*Boring/dull/tedious jobs/work/games
*Boring/dull place/man/woman/person
*Deadly boring/dull

 

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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