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Another word for bore

bore Synonyms

bore

n.

nuisance, pest, tiresome person, tedious person, drag*; see nuisance 3, trouble 2.

bore Synonyms

bore

v.

To pierce by rotary motion
drill, ream, perforate, tunnel; see penetrate 1.
To weary
fatigue, tire, put to sleep; see weary 1.

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WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Another word for bore

verb

To fatigue with dullness or tedium:

tire, weary. See excite

noun

An unpleasant, tiresome person:

(Slang) drip, dweeb, jerk, nerd, pill, poop². See like

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I don't want to bore you to death.
Jackson is a real bore, he's Dracula every single year, ughh.
Had she been a complete bore lately?
His gaze bore into her eyes.
The ice bore him but it swayed and creaked, and it was plain that it would give way not only under a cannon or a crowd, but very soon even under his weight alone.

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