So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; SYN. deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome.

ETYM Old Eng. berd, AS. beard; akin to Fries. berd, Dutch baard, German bart, Lith. barzda, Old Slav. brada, Pol. broda, Russ. boroda, Latin barba, W. barf. Related to Barb.
1. Hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals.
2. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face; SYN. face fungus, whiskers.

1. A sharp point, as on a hook.
2. A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an object hard to remove.
3. An ironic or pointed comment.
4. One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.
5. The pointed part of barbed wire.