DULLSVILLES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

dullsvilles

noun

plural of dullsville

as in bores

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

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Noun

Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.

— MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.

— Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of bores

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On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into their creative writing class.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
With that indelible Southern gift for pulling new lingo from thin air, the duo deploy yawns that stretch like bungee over Zaytoven-type keys.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026

Definition of yawns

Noun

Janet grabbed a roll of paper towels, ready to clean up the dirty drips that ran across her kitchen floor.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Aquor provides a cleaner, smarter approach to outdoor water use with a leak-free, frost-free connection that can reduce drips, hassle, and long-term maintenance.

— Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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