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| Main Entry: |
bore
 [bawr, bohr] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drill hole |
| Synonyms: | burrow, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pit, prick, punch, puncture, ream, riddle, sink, tunnel |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Main Entry: | bored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninterested |
| Synonyms: | blasé, disinterested, dull, fatigued, inattentive, sick and tired, spiritless, tired, turned off |
| Antonyms: | enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, interested |
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe |
Example Sentences
- Booksellers get bored going to the same venue year after year.
- There is no reason why you should be bored when you can be otherwise.
- When she was about 12, Diggins got bored one day and decided to see what her dad's expensive music equipment could do.
| Main Entry: | blasé |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonchalant |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, been around twice, bored, cloyed, cool*, disenchanted, disentranced, done it all, fed up*, glutted, indifferent, jaded, knowing, laid-back*, lukewarm, mellow*, mundane, offhand, satiated, sick of, sophisticate, sophisticated, surfeited, unconcerned, unexcited, uninterested, unmoved, weary, world-weary, worldly |
| Antonyms: | enthusiastic, excited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, annoy; give trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, carp at, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grate on, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, intrude upon, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, please |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
| Synonyms: | bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, dig down, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, fork out, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, hoe, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, root out, rout, sap, scoop, scoop out, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | fed up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusted with |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, blasé, blue*, bored, depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatisfied, down, gloomy, glum, jaded, sated, satiated, sick and tired, surfeited, tired, up to here, weary |
| Antonyms: | happy, overjoyed, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gawk |
| Synonyms: | beam, bore, eye, eyeball, focus, get a load of, get an eyeful, give the eye, glare, gloat, goggle, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck, size up, stare, take in*, wonder, yawp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gawk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at in amazement |
| Synonyms: | bore*, eyeball, gape, gaze, glare, gloat, goggle, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck, yawp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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