What is the opposite of "interesting" in "This person is interesting"?
During a conversation yesterday, I couldn't come up with the opposite of interesting.
"Initially she was very interesting, and I enjoyed her company. However, a few months later, she became [BUM] not interesting."
Not interesting is what I came up with. What is the opposite of interesting that I should have used?
Solution 1:
This site list a few antonym, from which my favourite in your context should be dull.
Solution 2:
There are loads of antonyms to "interesting". If you don't mind being blunt about a person (which is traditionally a problem if you're English) then my favourites, grouped according to similar implication, include:
- Uninteresting (grammatically better than "not interesting")
- Dull, boring
- Common, undistinguished, unremarkable
- Plain (of unexceptional appearance)
- Ordinary (not exactly damning, but hardly a compliment)
- Pedestrian, prosaic (similar to Ordinary, but slightly more insulting)
- Tedious, insipid, banal, vapid (of uninteresting attitudes or actions)
- Vanilla
I like Vanilla especially, as it's a colourful term to describe a distinct lack of uniqueness; it's used especially when referring to a lack of sexual adventurousness.
Solution 3:
Stopped being interesting? Became boring, tiresome, or even a nuisance?