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Definition of boring : 1. A hole made by boring.
2. of Bore
3. 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.
4. The chips or fragments made by boring.

Synonyms:

sluggish, oil production, deadening, thudding, dense, ho-hum, windy, softened, muffled, long-winded, stuffy, drear, irksome, weary, dumb, muted, verbose, obtuse, slow, weariful, excite, leaden, dim, wordy

prosaic, wearying, annoying, tiresome, sedating, humdrum, commonplace, uninteresting, insipid, depressing, wearisome, dry, monotonous, dreary, fatiguing, tiring, tranquilizing, dull, dulling, tedious, mundane

needling, gouging, pointing, perforating, punching, poking, spiking, puncturing, lancing, penetrating, skewering, sticking, drilling, piercing, spearing

Usage examples:

• I'm afraid I'm boring you, Nora, though you're too kind to say so. - "John Bull's Other Island", George Bernard Shaw.
• He had stepped closer now, his eyes boring into Gregg's as if he were trying to read his mind. - "Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman", F. Hopkinson Smith.
• He had a sullen frown on his face, and he fixed his glance on Frank as though his eyes were boring him through and through to discover the missing diamond bracelet. - "The Boys of Bellwood School", Frank V. Webster.