boring
/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण बॉरिंग
उबाऊ, नीरस
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not interesting; making you feel tired and impatient
उबाऊ, नीरस
- The film was so boring that I fell asleep.
- a boring lecture
- Radhika found the long speech rather boring.
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- I have a boring job that gives me nothing new to learn.
- The match was so boring that half the crowd left early.
Synonyms dull tedious monotonous
Opposite interesting exciting fascinating
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
boring vs bored
Boring describes the thing that causes the feeling, while bored describes the person who feels it.
'Boring' उस चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो उबाऊ भावना पैदा करती है, जबकि 'bored' उस व्यक्ति का जो यह अनुभव करता है।
- The lecture was boring.
- The students were bored by the lecture.
boring to sb / It is boring to + verb
Use to before the person for whom something is boring, and to-infinitive for the activity.
जिसके लिए कोई बात उबाऊ हो उससे पहले to आता है, और गतिविधि के लिए to-infinitive।
- History seems boring to some children.
- It is boring to wait at the station.
boring + noun
Before a noun, boring means dull and without interest.
Noun से पहले 'boring' का अर्थ नीरस और रुचिहीन है।
- He told a boring story about his job.
- It was a boring film.
bore (noun and verb) / boredom
A bore is a dull person or thing, and the verb bore means to make someone feel tired of something; boredom is the noun.
'Bore' नीरस व्यक्ति या वस्तु है, और verb 'bore' का अर्थ किसी को ऊबा देना है; 'boredom' noun है।
- Her endless stories bore everyone.
- Boredom made him leave the room.
+Collocations 5
adverb + boring
veryreallyterriblydeadlypretty
- The meeting was terribly boring.
boring + noun
joblecturespeechroutinefilm
- He quit his boring job and became a writer.
verb + boring
findsoundbeseemget
- I find long speeches boring.
boring + abstract noun
detailsrulespaperworkdutyhabit
- She disliked the boring paperwork.
bored + preposition
bored withbored ofbored bybored to tearsbored stiff
- The children were bored stiff in the museum.
“More examples 5
- The play was so boring that half the audience left.
नाटक इतना उबाऊ था कि आधे दर्शक उठकर चले गए।
- Radhika found the grammar class boring at first.
राधिका को पहले व्याकरण की कक्षा नीरस लगी।
- I am bored with this television programme.
मैं इस टेलीविज़न कार्यक्रम से ऊब गया हूँ।
- A boring teacher can make any subject dull.
नीरस शिक्षक किसी भी विषय को फीका बना सकता है।
- The long journey was boring, but the sunset was lovely.
लंबी यात्रा उबाऊ थी, पर सूर्यास्त सुंदर था।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I am feeling very boring today.
✓ I am feeling very bored today.
A person who feels dull is bored; boring describes the cause.
ऊबा हुआ व्यक्ति 'bored' होता है; 'boring' कारण का वर्णन करता है।
✗ The film was bored.
✓ The film was boring.
A film that causes the feeling is boring, not bored.
भावना पैदा करने वाली फ़िल्म 'boring' होती है, 'bored' नहीं।
✗ He is bored from the lecture.
✓ He is bored with the lecture.
Bored takes with, by or of, not from.
'Bored' के साथ with, by या of आता है, from नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Boring, dull and tedious all describe lack of interest, but they differ in intensity.
Boring, dull और tedious तीनों रुचि की कमी बताते हैं, पर तीव्रता में भिन्न हैं।
Everyday word for not interesting.
रुचिकर न होने के लिए रोज़मर्रा का शब्द।
- The lesson was boring.
Boring because it is long and slow.
लंबा और धीमा होने के कारण उबाऊ।
- The tedious journey took ten hours.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
boring or bored?
The thing is boring; the person who feels it is bored. 'I am boring' means you make others feel tired.
जो चीज़ ऊबाती है, वह boring है। जो व्यक्ति ऊबता है, वह bored है। 'I am boring' का अर्थ है कि आप दूसरों को उबाते हैं, इसलिए 'I am bored' कहिए।
§Grammar and usage
The boring/bored confusion is a sentence-improvement regular.
Sentence improvement में boring और bored का अंतर अक्सर पूछा जाता है।