interesting vs boring vs dull
Definitions
adjective
- arousing or holding the attention
Examples
She has certainly branched out into more interesting work in recent years.
Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
The premise kinda sounds interesting and it has a good cast, but it also sounds a bit too overdramatic and emo …
Definitions
noun
- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
- the act of drilling
adjective
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Examples
The first part of the book is pretty boring, but it gets a lot better as the story goes on.
For most people such details might be rather boring, but Robertson makes the narrative come alive through the personalities.
Now, I can't help but wonder if these people have a quick look-see, utter ‘boring’ and move on, or whether they're actually reading anything I bother to blather on about in here.
