boresome
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Sinclair Lewis, one of his early targets, called him "a tedious and egotistical fool . . . a pompous and boresome liar."
From Time Magazine Archive
They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Denver, socially boresome classmates formerly referred to as "creeps" are now called "meals"; a "sizzle" is a general term describing anyone from a creep to a showoff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lewis promptly obliged: "I denounce Mr. Bernard DeVoto as a fool and a tedious and egotistical fool." he wrote, "as a liar and a pompous and boresome liar."
From Time Magazine Archive
The twins, having completed what had been for them a daring undertaking, now looked about for release from an atmosphere grown suddenly boresome.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
