Antonyms for unexciting


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-sahy-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsaɪ tɪŋ


Definition of unexciting

Origin :
  • late 14c. (n.), "action of urging, prompting, inciting," noun of action from excite (v.). As a present participle adjective, from 1811 in sense "causing disease." Sense of "causing excitement" is from 1826.
  • adj dull
Example sentences :
  • They were barren virtues, too unexciting and uninteresting to make any appeal.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The last stage of our journey—an affair of some six hours—was unexciting.
  • Extract from : « A Padre in France » by George A. Birmingham
  • Nevertheless, the game was unexciting, and dragged listlessly.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • Their contents were as unexciting as the rain-sodden landscape.
  • Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • I will not say that their mission is uninteresting, but it is unexciting.
  • Extract from : « Changing China » by William Gascoyne-Cecil
  • While it might be unexciting, it did seem downright peaceful.
  • Extract from : « The World That Couldn't Be » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • The study was an unexciting and comparatively comfortable room.
  • Extract from : « Hyacinth » by George A. Birmingham
  • They were there just six days and had a very happy if unexciting time.
  • Extract from : « The Adventure Club Afloat » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • On this particular occasion the proceedings were unexciting and the speeches conversational in tone.
  • Extract from : « South America Observations and Impressions » by James Bryce
  • It gives me a charmed and unexciting feeling of being caressed without being loved.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane

Synonyms for unexciting

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