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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | normal, typical |
| Synonyms: | boilerplate, common, commonplace, customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair, fair to middling, familiar, garden*, garden-variety, general, humdrum*, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, middling, moderate, nowhere, ordinary, passable, plastic, regular, run of the mill, so-so, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, outstanding, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, flat*, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten, mundane, nothing, nowhere, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, uninteresting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, well-worn, zero* |
| Antonyms: | exciting, fascinating, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emotionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, undemonstrative |
| Synonyms: | blank, chill, cold, cold fish, cold-blooded, cool, cool cat, deadpan, detached, dispassionate, distant, flat, frigid, glacial, heartless, icy, immovable, impassive, impersonal, in cold blood, indifferent, laid back, matter-of-fact, nonemotional, nowhere, poker face, remote, reserved, stony-eyed, thick-skinned, toneless, unemotional, unimpassioned, with straight face |
| Antonyms: | demonstrative, emotional, feeling, passionate, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | prosaic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unimaginative |
| Synonyms: | actual, banal, blah*, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead*, diddly, drab, dry, dull, everyday, factual, flat*, garden-variety, hackneyed, ho-hum, humdrum*, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, lusterless, matter-of- fact, monotonous, mundane, nothing, nowhere, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, prosy, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspiring, vanilla, vapid, workaday, yawn, zero* |
| Antonyms: | creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tasteless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without flavor |
| Synonyms: | big zero, blah*, bland, boring, distasteful, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, mild, nowhere, pabulum, plain, plain vanilla, savorless, stale, tame, thin, unappetizing, uninspired, uninteresting, unpalatable, unpleasurable, unsavory, unseasoned, vanilla, vapid, watered-down, watery, weak, without spice, zero* |
| Antonyms: | appetizing, flavorful, savory, tasty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tiresome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating, exasperating |
| Synonyms: | a bit much, annoying, arduous, boresome, boring, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, drudging, dull, enervative, exacting, exhausting, fatiguing, flat, hard, heavy, hefty, ho-hum, humdrum, irksome, jading, laborious, monotonous, nowhere, onerous, oppressive, strenuous, tedious, tired, tiring, too much*, tough, trying, uncool, uninteresting, unrelieved, vexatious, wearing, wearisome, wearying, yawn |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, fun, nice, stimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uninteresting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring, uneventful |
| Synonyms: | arid, banal, big yawn, bromidic, common, commonplace, depressing, dismal, drab, dreary, dry, dull, dusty, fatiguing, flat, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, irksome, jejune, monotonous, nothing*, nowhere, pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, soporific, stale, stupid, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unenjoyable, unentertaining, unexciting, uninspiring, wearisome |
| Antonyms: | eventful, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vapid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, dull |
| Synonyms: | bland, boring, colorless, dead*, driveling, flat tire, flavorless, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, least, lifeless, limp, milk-and-water, milquetoast, nothing, nowhere, stale, tame, tasteless, tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, unpalatable, vacant, vacuous, watery, weak, wishy-washy, zero* |
| Antonyms: | lively, pungent, sharp, spicy, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weariful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boring |
| Synonyms: | arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drear, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, flat*, ho hum, humdrum*, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten, mundane, nothing, nowhere, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid*, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, uninteresting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, weary, well-worn, zero* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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