| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/not-interesting-or-exciting |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:not interesting or excitingnot interesting or excitingThese words all describe people or things that are not interesting or exciting. The most common word for this isboring. If something is boring, there's nothing special or interesting about it and it doesn't hold your attention. When people are described as boring, it means that they don't do, say, or think anything that holds your attention. That was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it. How can we get kids to think that maths isn't boring? His lectures are the worst - he's so boring. One opposite ofboringisexciting.Excitingis used mostly to describe things or events. We've got an exciting day at the park planned! For more opposites ofboring, see the article atexciting. If something is very boring, you can say it is asbe (as) dull as ditchwater. If something is so boring that it is mentally or emotionally painful, you can say it isexcruciatingordeadly.Deadlyanddull as ditchwaterare both informal, anddull as ditchwateris much more common in UK English than it is in US English. She went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail. His latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour! For things that are extremely boring and difficult to read, listen to, etc., you can usemind-numbing. The incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it. Informally, things that are boring or uninteresting aremehorblah. The story was pretty meh. "How was the film?" "Pretty blah. I wasn't that impressed." If something is boring because it doesn't change or doesn't have enough variety, you can call itmonotonousorpedestrian.Pedestrianis a formal word, and it is disapproving. His job had become joyless and monotonous. The script was nothing but uninteresting, pedestrian storytelling. If a book, speech, film, etc. is boring because it is too long or too serious, you can say it isdry,ponderous, orturgid.Dryandponderousare both disapproving words, andponderousandturgidare very formal. These words are often used with other modifiers to emphasize how boring the writing or speech is. The story was dry and lifeless. The dialogue was ponderous and self-important, and it ruined the film. Her latest book was 250 pages of turgid, stilted prose. If a book, film, speech, etc. is boring because it doesn’t move quickly enough, you can informally call itdraggy. His speech was pretty draggy in the middle, but it started and ended well. If someone or something is boring because they are not very complicated, you can say they areone-dimensional.One-dimensionalis often used to describe books, film, etc., or characters in books, film, etc. The book would be better if the characters weren't so one-dimensional. The film ended up being a clichéd, one-dimensional portrait of the struggle for freedom. People or things that are boring because they aren't interesting, exciting, or different in any way can be calleddull. Things that are boring because they aren't exciting or different from what you expect can be calledhumdrum, orho-hum. She gave one of the dullest lectures I've ever heard. The textbook makes for very dull reading. He's so dull. They didn't like the humdrum, day-to-day work involved in running a business. The camera has a solid, if ho-hum, design. Tediousrefers to something that makes someone bored because it is usually too long and too full of uninteresting things or events. If you want to emphasize that the thing also makes you tired, you can say it iswearisome.Wearisomeis more formal thantedious. Signing all these documents over and over again is so tedious. The conversation grew wearisome, and his attention strayed. If something is boring because it is visually not interesting, you can say that it isdraborcolourless. In UK English, you can also usemonochrometo refer to something that is boring. The office park is so drab. His prose was dry and colourless. UKShe thought of her old job as monochrome and dull. Things that are so boring that they make you unhappy can be calleddrearyorgrey.Drearyis a disapproving word, whilegreyemphasizes that something boring makes you sad. My mother's days were taken up with dreary little tasks like folding clothes or getting the post. They felt that their work was grey and meaningless. Related articlesunhappy because nothing is interesting the state of being unhappy and uninterested a person or thing that is not exciting or interesting |
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