French word

lasser

Pronunciation

IPA/lase/

Meaning

  • verbbore

Example

Ce film lasse les enfants.

This film bores the children.

Illustration for lasser (bore)

More examples

Cette réunion commence à me lasser.

This meeting is starting to bore me.

Core concept

Interest slowly drains away until a person feels tired of something and no longer engaged.

Common phrases

  • lasser quelqu'un

    bore someone

  • se lasser de quelque chose

    get tired of something

Similar words

ennuyer: Temporarily cause discomfort or boredom.
fatiguer: Cause physical or mental fatigue.
saouler: Colloquially cause intense annoyance through persistence or excess.

Definition in French

Enlever l'intérêt ou l'entrain à quelqu'un, provoquer l'ennui ou la lassitude.

Word origin

French lasser comes from Old French lasser and Latin lassare, related to Latin lassus, meaning tired, and it extended from causing fatigue to causing weariness or boredom.

Usage tips

  • Lasser usually takes a direct object, as in "Ce film lasse les enfants," while the person affected is not introduced with "à."

Other meanings

  • wearyverb

Opposites

Related words

  • lassantboringadjective
  • lassitudewearinessnoun
  • lasséboredadjective

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