PROSY Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

prosy

adjective

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Adjective

At the back, there is a more prosaic view of apartments and real Capri life.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Although geopolitical analysts love to talk about turning points, crossroads, and dilemmas, many governments have a prosaic tendency to defy these dramatic predictions and muddle through.

— Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of prosaic

Adjective

Quietly depressed, a wife to Reuben (Tracy Letts, Coon’s real-life partner) and mother to Ella (Bella Ramsey) and Jo (Odessa Young), Rita holds a monotonous desk job at a bank by day, and tends to her family by night as part of her humdrum routine.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Those monotonous and tedious tasks are exactly what robots are for, Black said.

— Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of monotonous

Adjective

Even advanced hospital systems have had to undergo lengthy, tedious reorganizations to prepare for the technology.

— Daniel Payne, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026
The stylistic approach works well enough during the many and extremely bloody action sequences, but eventually proves so relentless and lacking in modulation that the film becomes a grueling and sometimes tedious experience.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of tedious

Adjective

The city is flooded with dull and uninteresting structures clad in the material.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
That level of detail proved uninteresting to most Privacy Bee users and confusing to some, so the present edition makes things much simpler.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of uninteresting

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The Chiefs turned that spiritless first half into a 28-7 blowout Monday night against the Commanders, opening the second half with touchdown drives of 80, 75 and 94 yards.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
From spiritless spirits to refusing to open up a bar tab, members of Generation Z are continuing to challenge alcohol traditions.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025

Definition of spiritless

Adjective

Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
But even the distinctive look becomes wearisome after not too long.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of wearisome

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