Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with boring in American Collocation
boring
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈbɔrɪŋ/
very
extremely
incredibly
mind-numbingly
plain
really
so
terribly
His lectures were mind-numbingly boring.
rather
pretty
quite
rather
It gets quite boring being on your own all the time.
bit
book
job
lesson
life
story
stuff
task
It’s a long book but you can skip the boring bits.
bland
dry
dull
irrelevant
long
old
pointless
predictable
repetitive
slow
tedious
The methods used in teaching English and reading were often dull and boring.
Why anyone wants to eat boring old spaghetti bolognese when they could be eating this beats me!