boresome
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Odets falls into a common trap: he cannot convey the peevish boredom of his floating prison without turning boresome himself.
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So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome.
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Lewis promptly obliged: "I denounce Mr. Bernard DeVoto as a fool and a tedious and egotistical fool." he wrote, "as a liar and a pompous and boresome liar."
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It is trying so hard to maintain its reputation for this gift, that sooner or later, it becomes obnoxious and boresome: How do you get that way?
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Had come to be pretty boresome at times, you know.
From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Björkman, Edwin