snoozer

noun

ˈsnü-zər How to pronounce snoozer (audio)
Definition of snoozernext
as in bore
someone or something boring the supposed farce turned out to be a numbingly slow snoozer

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Recent Examples of snoozer The Seahawks fly to the Windy City for a must-win snoozer on Thursday night. — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024 As far as cutdown days go, Tuesday was a snoozer in Foxboro. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 27 Aug. 2024 Regardless of James’ intent, his perspective underscored an exciting truth about the basketball left to come: With the cream of the crop moving on, the games should be a lot more exciting than the snoozer that was Team USA’s latest win. — Sam Amick, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024 This big-screen adaptation became just another dull brand-name reboot that Depp sleepwalks through and Burton doesn’t bother making anything more than a big-budget snoozer. — Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for snoozer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoozer
  1. bore
  2. yawn
  3. drip
Noun
  • In the rush to create newer, faster, more monetizable technologies — and to enable the kind of corporate empires whose chief executives stood beside Donald Trump at his inauguration — privacy and safety regulations seemed like a bore.
    — Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Again, the temperature rose far earlier than expected, and the KTB team was also surprised to find that the rock at this depth was not solid, and large amounts of fluid and gas were pouring into the bore hole to complicate the effort further.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
Definition of bore
Noun
  • Wild ponies, svelte & savage, graze in dune grasses, whinny, yawn.
    — J.T. Townley, The New York Review of Books, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The world of Antony and Cleopatra is so immense that time yawns in it . .
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
Definition of yawn
Noun
  • In addition to the traditional coffee offerings, there are regular drip coffees, lattes, matcha and frappuccinos on the menu.
    — Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Its Byzantine look is punched with vivid colors and hints of Abstract Expressionist brushstrokes and paint drips.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of drip

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“Snoozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoozer. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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