Reverse Dictionary: BORE

ADJECTIVES
1597 ► SICK OF bored, fed-up 
1783 ► SICK AND TIRED OF bored or fed-up with someone or something → UK
1826 ► OBSIDIONAL apt to bore people by staying too long 
1860 ► DRAGGY boring, dull, tedious → sl., orig. US
1880 ► LANGERSOME boring, tedious, tiresome → Sc.
1890 ► SICK TO DEATH OF bored or fed-up with someone or something → UK sl.
1895 ► BORESOME boring, tiresome 
..20C ► BURNED OUT → BURNT OUT bored; tired → sl.
..20C ► DEADASS very boring, feeble, or very stupid → Amer. sl.
..20C ► PLAYED OUT boring, tiresome → teen sl.
1920 ► CHOCKA → CHOCKER bored; disgruntled; fed up → Royal Navy sl.
1922 ► BLAH boring, dull, tedious → sl., orig. US
1929 ► SAMEY boring, tedious, undistinguished → sl.
1930 ► DEAD boring, unexciting; esp. said of a party or club → sl.
1938 ► BROWNED OFF bored, fed-up → Brit. sl.
1940 ► COMPLETELY CHEESED bored to an extreme World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► FEEDING boring, dull, tedious → Brit. sl.
1941 ► BRASSED OFF bored, fed-up → Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
1941 ► CHEESED → CHEESED OFF bored, fed-up → Brit. sl.
1942 ► BORED FOR THE HOLLERHORN bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BORED FOR THE SIMPLES bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BORED PALLID bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BORED STIFF bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BORED TO EXTINCTION bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BORED TO TEARS bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► CHOKKER bored, fed-up → Brit. sl.
1942 ► FED TO THE NECK WITH bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FED UP bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HO-HUM boring → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► MORTAL boring; long and wearisome → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SICK OF THE WHOLE LAYOUT bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SICK OF THE WHOLE OUTFIT bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SICK OF THE WHOLE SET-UP bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SICK OF THE WHOLE SHOW bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SOUR ON bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► STUFFED TO THE GILLS WITH bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► WITH A BELLYFUL bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► WITH A GUTFUL bored → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► YAWNY boring → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► DRAC → DRACK boring, dull, tedious → Aust. sl.
1950 ► DEAD CHOCKER → DEAD CHOKKA very bored → sl., orig. military usage
1950 ► HACKED → HACKED OFF bored, grumpy → sl., orig. US
1952 ► DRIPPY boring, dull, feeble → colloq.
1955 ► DEADLY very boring → US sl.
1955 ► LAME boring, dull, of no interest or value; uninteresting → US sl.
1970 ► STUPEFACTIVE extremely dull, tiresome, or boring
1973 ► SICK boring, tedious, disaffecting → UK sl.
1980 ► NICE boring → US students’ sl.
1982 ► BEIGE boring, bland → US sl.
1982 ► DUDLEY → DUDLY extremely boring; said of a boy → US sl.
1992 ► ANORAKY boring, overly studious, unfashionable, or socially inept; displaying obsessive or fastidious concern with the details of a hobby or special interest → UK sl., depreciative
1992 ► SNOOZE AND SNORING boring → UK rhyming sl.
1992 ► SNOOZING (AND SNORING)  boring → UK rhyming sl.
1999 ► DRIPPY boring, gormless → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► DULL AS A MONTH OF SUNDAYS very boring → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2002 ► DULL AS ARSE very boring, extremely dull → UK sl.

INTERJECTIONS
1942 ► HEIGH HO! an exclamation of boredom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HO, HO AND A COUPLE OF HUMS! an exclamation of boredom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HO-HUM! an exclamation of boredom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUMP UP YOUR TIRE! you bore me! → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► WHAT A LIFE! → WATTA LIFE! an exclamation of boredom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► YOU’VE GOT A SLOW LEAK! you bore me! → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1960 ► I DON’T LIKE THIS MOVIE this is boring or unpleasant; I am not happy or comfortable → US sl.

NOUNS
1780 ► FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue → colloq.
1851 ► GRIND a boring and long task → Brit. sl., orig. university usage
1857 ► DRAG something boring or tiresome → sl.
..L19 ► YAWN anything boring, tedious, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns → sl.
..20C ► CHICKEN small tasks or duties that are boring or perhaps unnecessary → Amer. sl.
..20C ► SNOOZE a bore; something that induces sleep; a soporific event, etc. 
..20C ► THE WEARIES fatigue and depression; ennui → sl.
1930 ► BIND something boring or tiresome → Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
1930 ► BINDER something boring or tiresome → Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
1940 ► YAWNER anything boring, tedious, or yawn-producing → US sl.
1950 ► BALL-BREAKER a boring, difficult, exasperating job, problem, or situation → sl., orig. US
1958 ► LANGERIN the state of feeling bored, languishing → Sc.
1960 ► DULLSVILLE the epitome of a boring existence → US sl.
1960 ► HO-HUM boring matter; dull tripe → Amer. sl.
1960 ► LAME SCENE a boring, disappointing event, typically a tedious party → African-American sl.
1967 ► COLD POTATO something that is dull, boring, or worthless → Amer. dial.
1968 ► DOWN TRIP anything boring, unpleasant, or uninspiring → Amer. students’ sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1579 ► BLADDER a boring, talkative, long-winded person; an inflated pretentious man; a windbag 
1825 ► MUTTON-HEAD a bore; a dull, stupid person; an uninteresting person 
1838 ► BEESWAX a bore; one who ‘buttonholes’ another → US sl.
1844 ► POKE a bore; a boring, stupid, slow, or plodding person; a lazy person; a dawdler; a bore; a worthless fellow → Amer. dial.
1855 ► MOAK → MOKE a bore; a senseless, foolish fellow 
1862 ► VAMPIRE an intolerable bore or tedious person → sl.
1871 ► PILL a boring or annoying person; an unpleasant or despicable person → sl.
1890 ► AUGER → AUGUR a bore; an excessive talker → Amer. dial.
1893 ► POOP a stupid or ineffectual person; a fool; a bore → colloq.
..L19 ► YAWN a person considered boring, tedious, or tiresome, and thus producing yawns → sl.
..20C ► DOG a boring or unattractive girl or woman → sl.
..20C ► NUDNIK a boring, dull person → Brit. sl.
..20C ► SNORE a boring or tedious person → Brit. sl.
1907 ► DEADHEAD a boring or lifeless person; a dull and ineffectual person → sl.
1910 ► DROOP a boring, unpleasant person → US students’ sl.
1910 ► PAIN IN THE ARM a bore; a bothersome or annoying person → sl.
1910 ► PAIN IN THE FACE a bore; a bothersome or annoying person → sl.
1910 ► PAIN IN THE GUTS a bore; a bothersome or annoying person → sl.
1910 ► PAIN IN THE HEAD a bore; a bothersome or annoying person → sl.
1910 ► PAIN IN THE NECK a bore; a bothersome or annoying person → sl.
1920 ► AIREDALE → AIRDALE an ugly, ill-mannered, uncouth, or boring man or youth; an unattractive youth → US sl.
1922 ► BINDER a boring person → UK sl.
1926 ► PAIN a boring or tedious person; an annoying, bothersome, or tiresome person; a nuisance 
1926 ► SPARE TIRE a boring person; an unwelcome or irrelevant person; an extra or unnecessary person; a useless or unproductive person → US sl.
1931 ► CRASHING BORE an overwhelming bore
1934 ► EAR-BENDER a garrulous bore; an overly talkative person; one who doesn’t give you a chance to get a word in edgeways → US sl.
1934 ► FROST a boring or unpleasant person → US sl.
1936 ► MENACE a person that is a bore or a general nuisance; someone who is very troublesome or annoying; an unpleasant, irritating person → sl.
1936 ► ZOMBIE a boring, witless person lacking in motivation; a dull, apathetic, or slow-witted person → colloq.
1938 ► JEFF a boring, ignorant, or unsophisticated person; a pest → Amer. dial., derogatory
1940 ► BORECONSTRICTOR a bore; an unpopular person → World War II Amer. sl.
1941 ► EAR-BASHER a boring, incessant talker; a chatterer; a loudmouth who refuses to stop talking → Aust. & NZ sl.
1942 ► BOOMERANG a bore who is difficult to get rid of → US sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GREASE SPOT a bore who is difficult to get rid of → US sl. (Bk.)
1946 ► JEFF DAVIS a boring, ignorant, or unsophisticated person; a pest → Amer. dial., derogatory
1946 ► MOPOKE a boring, stupid, tiresome person; often used as a term of abuse → Aust. sl.
1950 ► DRAG a boring person → Amer. sl.
1950 ► WEEN BUCKET a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → US students’ sl.
1950 ► WEEN a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → US students’ sl.
1950 ► WEENIE → WEENY a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → US students’ sl.
1950 ► WIENER a boring, socially unappealing or unacceptable person → US students’ sl.
1951 ► SQUARE FIG a very boring or old-fashioned person; esp. as applied by modern jazz fans to the fans of traditional New Orleans jazz → orig. US
1958 ► BIND a boring, dull person → Eng. sl. (Bk.)
1959 ► DEADASS a boring or feeble person; a lazy or stupid person; an absolute dullard → Amer. sl.
1960 ► GRUNGE a boring, repugnant, odious, or dirty person → sl., orig. US
1960 ► ZELDA a boring, stupid woman; a girl or woman, esp. if dull or uninteresting → US sl.
1967 ► COLD POTATO a dull, idle, boring, or worthless person → Amer. dial.
1968 ► HANG-UP a boring, irritating person → US sl.
1969 ► DILL a party-spoiler; a bore; a dullard → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 ► JEFFER a boring, ignorant, or unsophisticated person; a pest → Amer. dial., derogatory
1970 ► BRIAN a boring, vacuous person → UK sl.
1975 ► BIG DRINK OF WATER a boring, uninteresting, tall youth or man → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► ZONKO a boring, dull, thus socially unacceptable person → US students’ sl.
1984 ► ANORAK a boring, studious, or socially inept young person, esp. one who pursues an unfashionable and solitary interest with obsessive dedication → sl., derogatory
1985 ► PARQUET (FLOOR)  a bore → rhyming sl. (Bk.)
1988 ► BIG YAWN a boring or tedious person → sl. (Bk.)
1988 ► VEGETABLE a boring, dull person who leads an inactive, undemanding, and monotonous life → sl. (Bk.)
1989 ► YEAH MAN a boring person → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1990 ► MOTO a boring, tedious, irritating person → US students’ sl.
1991 ► SPARE a boring person; an idiot → Irish sl.
1992 ► MAN O’ WAR a bore → Brit. rhyming sl.
1998 ► PAIN IN THE PLASTER a bore, a nuisance → UK sl.
2004 ► YAWNSVILLE a boring person → sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BOF a Boring Old Fart; a very boring older person → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BORING OLD FART a very boring older person → US sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
1889 ► JACK I DON’T LIKE THIS MOVIE bored, fed-up → Aust. sl.
1999 ► HE WOULD TALK A GLASS EYE TO SLEEP said of an excessively boring person → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1613 ► TEDIFY to bore, to become tedious, to weary → obs.
1774 ► VAPOUR to bore, to depress; to give one vapours 
1904 ► BONE to bore → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1915 ► LEAVE ONE COLD to bore, to annoy → World War I Amer. sl.
1919 ► PUT DOTS ON to bore, to weary → military sl., obs.
1929 ► BIND to bore → Brit. sl., chiefly services’ usage
1933 ► FEED to bore → Brit. sl.
1934 ► BORE THE PANTS OFF to bore → colloq.
1944 ► DRAG to bore or annoy → US sl.
2000 ► SLEDGE to become bored → sl.