bore
verb
us
/bɔːr/ uk
/bɔːr/bore verb (FAIL TO INTEREST)
- I was so bored that I slept through the second half of the film.
- I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it.
- He sensed (that) his guests were bored, although they were listening politely.
- He grew bored of the countryside.
- The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.
- Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons, but at other times I find them really boring.
- UK This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC?
- Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
- This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything happening.
- Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong.
bore verb (MAKE A HOLE)
- borer
- break ground idiom
- burrow
- dig
- dig (yourself) in
- dig someone/something out
- drill
- excavate
- excavator
- fork
- furrow
- grub something up/out
- plow
- plow something back/in
- prospect
- redrill
- root something out/up
- sink
- steam shovel
- unearth
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bore verb (BEAR)
- bear with someone
- bearable
- bearably
- bide
- come to terms with something idiom
- put up with something/someone
- resign
- resign yourself to something
- resignedly
- ride something out
- rough
- sit
- struggle
- sweat it out idiom
- tolerance
- tough
- tough something out
- wait
- wait something out
- weather the storm idiom
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Phrasal verb
bore
noun
us
/bɔːr/ uk
/bɔːr/bore noun (NOT INTERESTING)
- boreHe just goes on and on - what a bore.
- crashing boreTheir candidate is a crashing bore and won't garner any attention.
- snoozeThe stories in the magazine are all a snooze, but the photos are fab.
- snoozefestThe game was a total snoozefest.
- a yawnEven though it's a classic, I thought the book was kind of a yawn.
- dragI've got to take my driver's test again. What a drag.
bore noun (ANNOYING)
[ S ] informal
Ironing is such a bore.
[ + -ing verb ] It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night.
[ + to infinitive ] It's such a bore to have to write this out all over again.
Synonyms
- annoyanceThe café was cash only, which was a minor annoyance as I only had my credit card with me.
- nuisanceIt's a nuisance to have to drive to the nearest grocery store.
- inconvenienceThank you for holding - we apologize for the inconvenience.
- irritationThe CEO's poor communication skills became a source of irritation to the company's investors.
- irritantThe noise of the construction is a constant irritant.
- boreIt's such a bore to have to pack everything up again.
