Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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boring

UK /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/ · US /ˈboɹ.ɪŋ/ noun, adjective, proper noun

Also a form of bore

Forms borings boringer boringest

  1. noun The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
  2. noun (machining) Enlarging an existing hole with a single-point cutting tool or a boring head (usually with high precision and accuracy regarding the roundness and size of the hole). “turning and boring”
  3. noun (especially in woodworking) Drilling.
  4. noun (Australia) The act of drilling a well into an artesian basin.
  5. noun A pit or hole which has been bored.
  6. noun (usually in the plural) One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
  7. adjective Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient. “What a boring film that was! I almost fell asleep.”
  8. adjective (chiefly Manglish) Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. “I very boring.”
  9. adjective Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes. “boring equipment”
  10. adjective Capable of penetrating; piercing.
  11. proper noun A surname.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
  13. proper noun An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.
  14. proper noun An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.

Synonyms

chip swarf bored dull mind-numbing tedious banal basic mindless beat blah commonplace bland cold colourless corny drab stuffy dreich drowsy drilling oil production deadening ho-hum irksome slow tiresome wearisome

Antonyms

arousing captivating charming engaging enchanting fascinating entertaining exciting interesting

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English boryng (“making a hole”). By surface analysis, bore + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
  2. noun A hole made by boring.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “boring”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “boring” (best matches first).