1. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
   "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "The lecture was deadly boring";
   - deadening, dull, ho-hum [informal], irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, unamusing, deadly [informal], draggy [informal], mind-numbing

1. The process or act of using a drill to make a hole
   "The construction worker's boring through the concrete wall was loud and dusty";
   - drilling
    
2. The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
   "Offshore boring revealed significant oil deposits";
   - drilling, oil production

1. Be dull and cause to lose interest
   "the long presentation bored her";
   - tire
    
2. Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
   "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall";
   - drill

Derived forms: borings

See also: lame, lameo [informal], meh [informal], samey [Brit, informal], uninspiring, uninteresting

Type of: arouse, creating by removal, disunite, divide, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, kindle, part, production, provoke, raise, separate

Antonym: interest

Encyclopedia: Boring, Or