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boring
adjective. uninteresting
- arid
- bomb
- bromidic
- bummer
- characterless
- cloying
- colorless
- commonplace
- dead
- drab
- drag
- drudging
- dull
- flat
- ho hum
- humdrum
- insipid
- interminable
- irksome
- lifeless
- monotonous
- moth-eaten
- mundane
- nothing
- nowhere
- platitudinous
- plebeian
- prosaic
- repetitious
- routine
- spiritless
- stale
- stereotyped
- stodgy
- stuffy
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- threadbare
- tiresome
- tiring
- trite
- unexciting
- uninteresting
- unvaried
- vapid
- wearisome
- well-worn
- zero
burdensome
adjective. troublesome
disturbing
adjective. disquieting
- aggravating
- agitating
- alarming
- annoying
- bothersome
- burdensome
- consequential
- creepy
- depressing
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- dismaying
- distressing
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- perturbing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
galling
adjective. very upsetting
grating
adjective. irritating; scraping
hard
adjective. difficult, exhausting
- arduous
- backbreaking
- bothersome
- burdensome
- complicated
- demanding
- difficile
- distressing
- effortful
- exacting
- fatiguing
- formidable
- grinding
- hairy
- heavy
- herculean
- intricate
- involved
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
- laborious
- mean
- merciless
- murder
- onerous
- operose
- rigorous
- rough
- rugged
- scabrous
- serious
- severe
- slavish
- sticky
- strenuous
- terrible
- tiring
- toilful
- toilsome
- tough
- troublesome
- unsparing
- uphill
- uphill battle
- wearing
- wearisome
- wearying
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.