DULLSVILLE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

dullsville

noun

ˈdəlz-ˌvil

Definition of dullsville

as in bore

someone or something boring that book is totally dullsville—you'll be asleep by page three

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Recent Examples of dullsville Speaking of winds, attempting to surf off Galveston in the summertime is dullsville. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2020 Next, if things remain dullsville, Anton Blidh could draw into the lineup. — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2020

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Such fraudulence bore only poisoned fruit, swelling overseas bank accounts for the Manchurian candidates who were seeding duplicity into the loam of their nation’s imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Female flies bore into the fig to lay their eggs, which hatch out as larvae inside the fruit and eat the unripe insides before burrowing their way out.

— Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of bore

Noun

The results are only so-so as Tony Stark tussles with PTSD, criminally underused antagonist Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) and yawn-worthy villain Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce).

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026
At moments in the song, Minogue pitches the word down, a cavernous yawn resounding far from the lub-dub of forever.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 26 July 2026

Definition of yawn

Noun

After an overnight rest in the refrigerator, the dough is rolled, filled, sliced, and baked in muffin tins, whose individual cups catch any drips from the bubbling filling to create the signature crisp, sticky bottoms and dramatic spirals.

— Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2026
Better yet, convert all overhead spray zones to inline drip irrigation.

— Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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