easily dreamers I know that life can
sometimes be boring perhaps we were
watching a boring movie perhaps you're
having a boring conversation and to be
honest there's nothing more boring than
waiting for a bus without your mobile
phone oh my goodness but please guys
let's stop saying the word boring there
are so many creative alternatives and
here they are just for you ok number one
an easy synonym dull dull it means
boring
exactly the same that film was really
dull perfect ok donna's dishwater or
dull as ditchwater it's up to you you
can play about with it bit more creative
ah that film was dull as dishwater a
person could be as dull as dishwater ah
gonna thank God they've gone though he's
as dead as dishwater brilliant okay
number three tedious tedious I love it
tedious your commute to work could be
tedious man my commute is so tedious if
you're a uni student you could describe
your lecture as being tedious if you're
at work today and you're in a meeting
perhaps that was tedious so many options
for this word tedious okay next one I
love this one
dry dry if something is dry it's boring
yes but also quite serious so for
example maybe you're reading a book
maybe it's a children's book right and
but it's it's just not exciting it's
just really too serious and just no life
to it you just say wow this book is
really dry I'm sorry kids
let's read something else like this book
is really dry it's really uninspiring in
many ways perhaps you've just gone on a
first date and you're having a
conversation with someone and then after
this you're telling your friend you say
conversation was really dry like nothing
there was just no excitement there was
no interest it was a bit serious nothing
to get excited about try I love this one
monotonous monotonous this is when it's
boring because it doesn't change so it
could be a sound could be a voice could
be your life monotonous it's the same
every time they don't sound any
different and maybe you want
crying because you're so bored inside
but we can't say the word bored because
that's boring so we're going to say the
word monotonous Tom's voice is extremely
monotonous because it hasn't changed
pitch or tone or intonation at all oh my
goodness I can't believe you watch this
okay all right I'm sorry about that
next one humdrum humdrum that's
brilliant I love the sound of that
it's the same idea right that nothing
new happens the same thing so your life
could be humdrum a town or a village or
a city could be humdrum and nothing new
happens I've moved to a really humdrum
town in Wales okay if we want to be
extremely bored we could say
mind-numbing mind-numbing ah think about
what that is so your mind gets so bored
it switches off it becomes numb right
I'm sure if it was talking to you be
like dude I'm so bored right now I'm
just switching off yeah I can't believe
we're watching this film why are we
watching this film I'm so bored when you
switch off the film I'll come back again
and you're like please okay I'll start
watching the film I still do something
else would you want to do play cards go
for a run what do you want to do
anything but I I'm just done I'm so numb
right now I'm really sorry we won't
watch it again I'm sorry okay let's move
into food now the word bland is perfect
if you want to describe food that has no
taste it has no excitement is just me if
it's boring if it doesn't do anything
you could say it's bland it has no
flavor it has no taste my cooking is
definitely not bland I promise you it's
not bland returning back to that idea
that something is boring pretty is that
nothing ever changes you could say
mundane mundane and again same idea
right so a conversation could be mundane
it's very mundane conversation my day
today house 4 is a pretty mundane day
like nothing interesting happened
nothing new happened mundane oh this is
a nice one dreary dreary
now this is boring and it makes you a
little bit unhappy as well so for
example weather could be dreary so it's
like if it's raining like a little bit
like drizzling like all day grey clouds
you could say Wow
really dreary like it's boring and it
makes me a little sad and life could be
dreary he lived a very dreary life
here's one with another twist drab drab
this is lacking in color so we could
have a drab city you could have a drab
area neighborhood
you could have drab clothes like that
half it's a bit drab I think we need a
bit of color like it's lacking in color
it's boring because it lacks color it's
not interesting if we're thinking about
songs or movies things like that we
could say forgettable forgettable
because it was so boring nothing
happened it was not interesting that we
don't even remember it I went to a play
the other day and it was entirely
forgettable the whole two hours nothing
happened
nothing happened completely forgettable
all right and I saved my favourite one
till last it's an idiom to watch paint
dry to watch paint dry think about that
idea watching paint dry probably one of
the most boring activities in the world
so if something is like watching paint
dry you were describing as being boring
like that football match was like
watching paint dry or you could say like
I'd rather watch paint dry like maybe
your friend has told you to watch love
Island and you're like to be honest I'd
rather watch paint dry I'd rather watch
paint dry like the idea of watching love
island is so boring to me that I'd
rather watch paint dry now I'd love to
know what's that in your language how do
you translate that is there an
equivalent of watching paint dry do you
do something else and also guys if you
can I'd love you to leave a comment
below using one of these phrases try not
to describe this video as like watching
paint dry okay okay guys thank you so
much for watching this is Tom there
chief dreamer saying goodbye