When facing “Boring”, looking at how it’s been answered in past crosswords can help. These entries have all been used in clues that followed the same style and structure.
Likely Answers:
- HOHUM
- DULL
- TIRESOME
- BLAH
- NOFUN
- STALE
- DRAB
- DRILLING
- TEDIOUS
- MONOTONOUS
- BANAL
- STODGY
- DREARY
- INSIPID
- DRYASDUST
- DRY
- UNMEMORABLE
- MUNDANE
Synonyms and Definitions
DULL
- Synonyms: benumb, blunt, damp, dampen, deadening, dense, dim, dumb, ho-hum, irksome, leaden, muffle, muffled, mute, muted, numb, obtuse, pall, slow, sluggish, softened, tedious, thudding, tiresome, tone down, wearisome
TIRESOME
- Synonyms: dull
BLAH
- Synonyms: bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant
STALE
- Synonyms: cold, dusty, moth-eaten
- Definition: The act of passing urine, in the case of cows and horses.
DRAB
- Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, olive drab, olive-drab, sober, somber, sombre, sorry
DRILLING
- Synonyms: bore, drill, exercise, oil production, practice, practise
TEDIOUS
- Synonyms: long-winded, verbose, windy, wordy
MONOTONOUS
- Synonyms: flat, humdrum, monotone, monotonic
BANAL
- Synonyms: commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
- Definition: Overused to the point of becoming overly familiar and repetitive.
STODGY
- Synonyms: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stuffy
DREARY
- Synonyms: drab
INSIPID
- Synonyms: bland, flavorless, flavourless, jejune, savorless, savourless, vapid
DRY
- Synonyms: dry out, ironic, ironical, juiceless, prohibitionist, teetotal, wry
MUNDANE
- Synonyms: everyday, quotidian, routine, terrene, terrestrial, unremarkable, workaday