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
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- HOHUM also appears as an answer in Yawn-inducing crossword clue 4, 5, 6 and 8 letters.
- HOHUM also appears as an answer in So-so crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 14 letters.
- DULL also appears as an answer in Gloomy crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
- STALE also appears as an answer in Trite crossword clue 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 letters.
- STALE also appears as an answer in Hackneyed crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 13 letters.
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- DRY also appears as an answer in Humorless crossword clue 3, 4 and 5 letters.
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- BLAH also appears as an answer in Uninspiring crossword clue 3, 4, 5 and 6 letters.
- STALE also appears as an answer in Tired crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters.
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- BANAL also appears as an answer in Trivial crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 15 letters.