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지루하다

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Meaning and Usage

The adjective '지루하다' describes something that is boring, tedious, or dull. It is commonly used to express feelings of boredom in various contexts such as movies, meetings, lectures, or conversations.

Common Contexts

You will often hear '지루하다' when someone wants to express that an event or activity is not engaging or entertaining. It can describe both subjective feelings and objective qualities of things.

Collocations and Patterns

  • 지루하다 + (activity/event): to say an event or activity is boring
  • 지루해지다: to become boring
  • 지루하지 않다: to not be boring

Register and Politeness

'지루하다' is a neutral adjective and can be used in both formal and informal situations. Politeness is adjusted by verb endings, not the adjective itself.

Common Mistake

Learners sometimes confuse '지루하다' with '심심하다' (to be bored). '지루하다' describes the quality of something being boring, while '심심하다' describes the feeling of being bored. For example, a movie can be '지루하다', and a person can feel '심심하다'.

Example Sentences

이 영화는 너무 지루해서 중간에 나왔어요.

I yeonghwaneun neomu jiruhaseo jung-gan-e nawasseoyo.

This movie was so boring that I left halfway through.

회의가 길어지니까 점점 지루해졌어요.

Hoeuiga gireojinikka jeomjeom jiruhaejyeosseoyo.

The meeting got longer, so it gradually became boring.

지루하지 않게 재미있는 이야기를 해 주세요.

Jiruhaji anhge jaemiinneun iyagireul hae juseyo.

Please tell an interesting story so it’s not boring.