| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_not-interesting-or-exciting |
| 释义 | not interesting or excitingThese words all describe people or things that are not interesting or exciting. The most common word for this is boring. 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 of boring is exciting. Exciting is used mostly to describe things or events. We've got an exciting day at the park planned! For more opposites of boring, see the article at exciting. If something is very boring, you can say it is as be (as) dull as ditchwater. If something is so boring that it is mentally or emotionally painful, you can say it is excruciating or deadly. Deadly and dull as ditchwater are both informal, and dull as ditchwater is 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 use mind-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 are meh or blah. 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 it monotonous or pedestrian. Pedestrian is 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 is dry, ponderous, or turgid. Dry and ponderous are both disapproving words, and ponderous and turgid are 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 it draggy. 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 are one-dimensional. One-dimensional is 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 called dull. Things that are boring because they aren't exciting or different from what you expect can be called humdrum, or ho-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. Tedious refers 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 is wearisome. Wearisome is more formal than tedious. 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 is drab or colourless. In UK English, you can also use monochrome to refer to something that is boring. The office park is so drab. His prose was dry and colourless. UK She thought of her old job as monochrome and dull. Things that are so boring that they make you unhappy can be called dreary or grey. Dreary is a disapproving word, while grey emphasizes 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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