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51dry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arid, thirsty (see dryness); barren, sterile; humorless, grave. See impotence, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having little or no moisture] Syn. arid, parched, waterless, dried up, evaporated …
52dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …
53onerous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. difficult, troublesome, burdensome, wearing, oppressive. See difficulty.Ant., light, easy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. oppressive, burdensome, heavy, serious, exacting, demanding, galling,… …
54tiresome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. tedious, wearying, boring. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. irksome, wearying, monotonous; see dull 4 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. wearisome, tiring, exhausting, fatiguing, arduous …
55trying — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dull, wearisome, boring; annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. troublesome, bothersome, irritating, tiring; see difficult 1 , 2 , severe 2 . III… …
56uninteresting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dull, dreary, tedious, humdrum. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tedious, boring, tiresome, dreary, wearisome, prosaic, pedestrian, fatiguing, monotonous, dull, drab, colorless, stale,… …
57boring — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tedious, tiresome, monotonous; see dull 3 , 4 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tedious, tiresome, *dull as dishwater, *dull as paint drying, soporific, somnolent, wearisome, dull, monotonous, humdrum, unstimulating,… …
58Weariness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Weariness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 weariness weariness defatigation| Sgm: N 1 lassitude lassitude &c.(fatigue) 688 Sgm: N 1 drowsiness drowsiness &c. 683 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 disgust disgust …
59laborious — (adj.) late 14c., hard working, industrious, from O.Fr. laborios arduous, wearisome; hard working (12c., Mod.Fr. laborieux), from L. laboriosus toilsome, wearisome, troublesome, from labor (see LABOR (Cf. labor) (n.)). Meaning costing much labor …
60deadening — I noun the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) • Syn: ↑stultification, ↑constipation, ↑impairment • Derivationally related forms: ↑deaden • Hypernyms: ↑ …
