total bore

Frequency: 7.512.1 per million words

describes someone who is entirely boring

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Examples (10)

  • I had to leave the party early; my date was a total bore.
  • He's considered a total bore because he only talks about his stamp collection.
  • She was worried her new colleague would be a total bore, but he's actually very interesting.
  • Frankly, I think the new history professor is a total bore.
  • What a total bore that speaker was! I nearly fell asleep.
  • My sister described her blind date as a total bore who didn't ask a single question about her.
  • The main character in the book was a total bore, which made the story difficult to finish.
  • I try to avoid John at meetings; he can be such a total bore.
  • Don't set me up with him again; he was a total bore!
  • The conference was full of total bores just repeating the same old ideas.