What are some opposite words for interesting?

Antonyms for interesting
ˈɪn tər ə stɪŋ, -trə stɪŋ, -təˌrɛs tɪŋin·ter·est·ing

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Wiktionary3.5 / 12 votes

  1. interestingadjective

    Antonyms:
    boring, uninteresting

    Synonyms:
    absorbing

  2. interestingadjective

    Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

    Synonyms:
    absorbing

    Antonyms:
    uninteresting, boring

Princeton's WordNet4.1 / 14 votes

  1. interestingadjective

    arousing or holding the attention

    Antonyms:
    irksome, soporific, ho-hum, wearisome, ponderous, tiresome, insipid, putdownable, soporiferous, prosaic, pedestrian, deadening, slow, boring, jejune, tedious, prosy, narcotic, dull, uninteresting, earthbound

How to use interesting in a sentence?

  1. Robert Lynd:

    No doubt there are other important things in life besides conflict, but there are not many other things so inevitably interesting. The very saints interest us most when we think of them as enganged in a conflict with the Devil.

  2. Jean Todt:

    It was interesting last week after Lewis was world champion for the third time, you saw the figures.

  3. Mark Clifford:

    There was a perception that Hong Kong would be more like the mainland, there was a perception that the two places would merge. But after 150 years of British rule, the interesting development is Hong Kong's own sense of identity.

  4. Mitch McConnell:

    We're watching what happens in the House, and we'll see whether they actually open this impeachment inquiry, apparently they're going to vote on it later this week. It's going to be a very interesting vote.

  5. Todd Rosenbluth:

    One week is too soon to consider it a trend, as the 'Brexit' vote nears, it will be interesting to see how investors respond to that potential risk.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#1748interesting
#2901slow
#8356boring
#12738pedestrian
#13293dull
#20706tedious
#24902narcotic
#48971tiresome
#53115uninteresting
#71325earthbound
#72074insipid
#78731ponderous
#81963prosaic
#107606deadening
#109623irksome
#129314wearisome
#187990soporific
#315230jejune

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