Bore
Bore verb - To make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous.
Usage example: the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death
Involve
Involve verb - To hold the attention of.
Usage example: her blissful daydream so completely involved her that she never heard the knock on the door
Nearby Words: involvement, involving
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He makes no bones about the fact that other people annoy and bore him; and most of his interactions with other characters involve him insulting them, bullying them, challenging them, complaining about how bored with them he is, or else just bluntly identifying their accents.
Source: Jerkass / Other
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