Qualities

Synonyms for boring

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsQualities

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

A boring evening with uninteresting people.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

slow

Same sentence, swapped: A slow evening with uninteresting people.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for boring as it is used in the sentence above.

gray
tiring
stale

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