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Another word for bore

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Verb

  1. To fatigue with dullness or tedium

    See also:

    excite

Noun

  1. An unpleasant, tiresome person

    See also:

    like

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Another word for bore

Noun
  1. See also:

    trouble

    nuisance

Verb

  1. To pierce by rotary motion

    See also:

    penetrate

  2. To weary

    See also:

    weary

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Sentence Examples

  • I don't want to bore you to death.

  • Jackson is a real bore, he's Dracula every single year, ughh.

  • His gaze bore into her eyes.

  • Had she been a complete bore lately?

  • 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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