Is annoying a synonym of boring?











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I know boring means uninteresting or dull, and annoying means irritating or bothering, for me they are totally different, so I was surprised to see "bore" being translated as "使厌烦"(which means annoying somebody) in most English-Chinese bilingual dictionaries(Oxford, Cambridge, Longman etc.).



I wonder if they are synonyms.






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    In English the two have different meaning. The question is whether or not there are different words for them in Chinese
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    Somebody who is boring can be annoying. But so can somebody who is loud, repetitive, or dishonest. That doesn't mean that the words are synonyms—they aren't.
    – Jason Bassford
    7 hours ago










  • @Eran no, I'm asking whether they are different in English, just to know if the translations are correct.
    – linly
    7 hours ago










  • You've accepted the solitary answer after only an hour, not waiting to see if there were alternative explanations. For instance... bore is also a noun, and one definition is "a tedious or annoying situation or activity" [my emphasis].
    – Chappo
    6 hours ago






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    I think the problem is your definition of 厌烦 is wrong. All four of the bilingual Chinese-English dictionaries I have available to hand translate it the same way I would: ‘be fed up with, be sick of, be bored with, have had enough of’. One even has an example usage with 使: 「他使我厌烦死了」 translated as “He bored me to death”. Boring someone is of course one way of annoying someone, but 使厌烦 doesn’t mean ‘annoy’ as such in standard Mandarin. That would be 烦人 or 烦恼 or something along those lines instead. Or even just 烦 (「烦死我了！」 “How annoying!”).
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    5 hours ago















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I know boring means uninteresting or dull, and annoying means irritating or bothering, for me they are totally different, so I was surprised to see "bore" being translated as "使厌烦"(which means annoying somebody) in most English-Chinese bilingual dictionaries(Oxford, Cambridge, Longman etc.).



I wonder if they are synonyms.






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    In English the two have different meaning. The question is whether or not there are different words for them in Chinese
    – Eran
    8 hours ago








  • 1




    Somebody who is boring can be annoying. But so can somebody who is loud, repetitive, or dishonest. That doesn't mean that the words are synonyms—they aren't.
    – Jason Bassford
    7 hours ago










  • @Eran no, I'm asking whether they are different in English, just to know if the translations are correct.
    – linly
    7 hours ago










  • You've accepted the solitary answer after only an hour, not waiting to see if there were alternative explanations. For instance... bore is also a noun, and one definition is "a tedious or annoying situation or activity" [my emphasis].
    – Chappo
    6 hours ago






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    I think the problem is your definition of 厌烦 is wrong. All four of the bilingual Chinese-English dictionaries I have available to hand translate it the same way I would: ‘be fed up with, be sick of, be bored with, have had enough of’. One even has an example usage with 使: 「他使我厌烦死了」 translated as “He bored me to death”. Boring someone is of course one way of annoying someone, but 使厌烦 doesn’t mean ‘annoy’ as such in standard Mandarin. That would be 烦人 or 烦恼 or something along those lines instead. Or even just 烦 (「烦死我了！」 “How annoying!”).
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    5 hours ago













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I know boring means uninteresting or dull, and annoying means irritating or bothering, for me they are totally different, so I was surprised to see "bore" being translated as "使厌烦"(which means annoying somebody) in most English-Chinese bilingual dictionaries(Oxford, Cambridge, Longman etc.).



I wonder if they are synonyms.






synonyms translation paraphrasing







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I know boring means uninteresting or dull, and annoying means irritating or bothering, for me they are totally different, so I was surprised to see "bore" being translated as "使厌烦"(which means annoying somebody) in most English-Chinese bilingual dictionaries(Oxford, Cambridge, Longman etc.).



I wonder if they are synonyms.






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  • 2




    In English the two have different meaning. The question is whether or not there are different words for them in Chinese
    – Eran
    8 hours ago








  • 1




    Somebody who is boring can be annoying. But so can somebody who is loud, repetitive, or dishonest. That doesn't mean that the words are synonyms—they aren't.
    – Jason Bassford
    7 hours ago










  • @Eran no, I'm asking whether they are different in English, just to know if the translations are correct.
    – linly
    7 hours ago










  • You've accepted the solitary answer after only an hour, not waiting to see if there were alternative explanations. For instance... bore is also a noun, and one definition is "a tedious or annoying situation or activity" [my emphasis].
    – Chappo
    6 hours ago






  • 1




    I think the problem is your definition of 厌烦 is wrong. All four of the bilingual Chinese-English dictionaries I have available to hand translate it the same way I would: ‘be fed up with, be sick of, be bored with, have had enough of’. One even has an example usage with 使: 「他使我厌烦死了」 translated as “He bored me to death”. Boring someone is of course one way of annoying someone, but 使厌烦 doesn’t mean ‘annoy’ as such in standard Mandarin. That would be 烦人 or 烦恼 or something along those lines instead. Or even just 烦 (「烦死我了！」 “How annoying!”).
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    5 hours ago














  • 2




    In English the two have different meaning. The question is whether or not there are different words for them in Chinese
    – Eran
    8 hours ago








  • 1




    Somebody who is boring can be annoying. But so can somebody who is loud, repetitive, or dishonest. That doesn't mean that the words are synonyms—they aren't.
    – Jason Bassford
    7 hours ago










  • @Eran no, I'm asking whether they are different in English, just to know if the translations are correct.
    – linly
    7 hours ago










  • You've accepted the solitary answer after only an hour, not waiting to see if there were alternative explanations. For instance... bore is also a noun, and one definition is "a tedious or annoying situation or activity" [my emphasis].
    – Chappo
    6 hours ago






  • 1




    I think the problem is your definition of 厌烦 is wrong. All four of the bilingual Chinese-English dictionaries I have available to hand translate it the same way I would: ‘be fed up with, be sick of, be bored with, have had enough of’. One even has an example usage with 使: 「他使我厌烦死了」 translated as “He bored me to death”. Boring someone is of course one way of annoying someone, but 使厌烦 doesn’t mean ‘annoy’ as such in standard Mandarin. That would be 烦人 or 烦恼 or something along those lines instead. Or even just 烦 (「烦死我了！」 “How annoying!”).
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    5 hours ago








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In English the two have different meaning. The question is whether or not there are different words for them in Chinese
– Eran
8 hours ago






In English the two have different meaning. The question is whether or not there are different words for them in Chinese
– Eran
8 hours ago






1




1




Somebody who is boring can be annoying. But so can somebody who is loud, repetitive, or dishonest. That doesn't mean that the words are synonyms—they aren't.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago




Somebody who is boring can be annoying. But so can somebody who is loud, repetitive, or dishonest. That doesn't mean that the words are synonyms—they aren't.
– Jason Bassford
7 hours ago












@Eran no, I'm asking whether they are different in English, just to know if the translations are correct.
– linly
7 hours ago




@Eran no, I'm asking whether they are different in English, just to know if the translations are correct.
– linly
7 hours ago












You've accepted the solitary answer after only an hour, not waiting to see if there were alternative explanations. For instance... bore is also a noun, and one definition is "a tedious or annoying situation or activity" [my emphasis].
– Chappo
6 hours ago




You've accepted the solitary answer after only an hour, not waiting to see if there were alternative explanations. For instance... bore is also a noun, and one definition is "a tedious or annoying situation or activity" [my emphasis].
– Chappo
6 hours ago




1




1




I think the problem is your definition of 厌烦 is wrong. All four of the bilingual Chinese-English dictionaries I have available to hand translate it the same way I would: ‘be fed up with, be sick of, be bored with, have had enough of’. One even has an example usage with 使: 「他使我厌烦死了」 translated as “He bored me to death”. Boring someone is of course one way of annoying someone, but 使厌烦 doesn’t mean ‘annoy’ as such in standard Mandarin. That would be 烦人 or 烦恼 or something along those lines instead. Or even just 烦 (「烦死我了！」 “How annoying!”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago




I think the problem is your definition of 厌烦 is wrong. All four of the bilingual Chinese-English dictionaries I have available to hand translate it the same way I would: ‘be fed up with, be sick of, be bored with, have had enough of’. One even has an example usage with 使: 「他使我厌烦死了」 translated as “He bored me to death”. Boring someone is of course one way of annoying someone, but 使厌烦 doesn’t mean ‘annoy’ as such in standard Mandarin. That would be 烦人 or 烦恼 or something along those lines instead. Or even just 烦 (「烦死我了！」 “How annoying!”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
5 hours ago










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According to Oxford Living Dictionary these adjectives are not synonyms.




BORING:



Not interesting; tedious.

- ‘I've got a boring job in an office’



(Synonyms: tedious, dull, monotonous).




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ANNOYING:



Causing irritation or annoyance.

- ‘unsolicited calls are annoying’



(Synonyms: irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening,
trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, irksome, vexing, vexatious,
galling, provoking, displeasing).







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    According to Oxford Living Dictionary these adjectives are not synonyms.




    BORING:



    Not interesting; tedious.

    - ‘I've got a boring job in an office’



    (Synonyms: tedious, dull, monotonous).




    vs




    ANNOYING:



    Causing irritation or annoyance.

    - ‘unsolicited calls are annoying’



    (Synonyms: irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening,
    trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, irksome, vexing, vexatious,
    galling, provoking, displeasing).







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      According to Oxford Living Dictionary these adjectives are not synonyms.




      BORING:



      Not interesting; tedious.

      - ‘I've got a boring job in an office’



      (Synonyms: tedious, dull, monotonous).




      vs




      ANNOYING:



      Causing irritation or annoyance.

      - ‘unsolicited calls are annoying’



      (Synonyms: irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening,
      trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, irksome, vexing, vexatious,
      galling, provoking, displeasing).







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        According to Oxford Living Dictionary these adjectives are not synonyms.




        BORING:



        Not interesting; tedious.

        - ‘I've got a boring job in an office’



        (Synonyms: tedious, dull, monotonous).




        vs




        ANNOYING:



        Causing irritation or annoyance.

        - ‘unsolicited calls are annoying’



        (Synonyms: irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening,
        trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, irksome, vexing, vexatious,
        galling, provoking, displeasing).







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        According to Oxford Living Dictionary these adjectives are not synonyms.




        BORING:



        Not interesting; tedious.

        - ‘I've got a boring job in an office’



        (Synonyms: tedious, dull, monotonous).




        vs




        ANNOYING:



        Causing irritation or annoyance.

        - ‘unsolicited calls are annoying’



        (Synonyms: irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening,
        trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, irksome, vexing, vexatious,
        galling, provoking, displeasing).








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