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dullsville

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  1. someone or something boring that book is totally dullsville—you'll be asleep by page three Synonyms bore, drip, droner, drag, nudnik (also nudnick), snooze, snoozer, yawn, yawnerRelated Words bummer, downer; bromide, pillNear Antonyms blast, gas [slang], kick, rush, upper

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