興きょう味み索さく然ぜん

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

uninteresting; dampening the mood; spoiling the fun

A yojijukugo describing something that is utterly uninteresting or that spoils the enjoyment of a situation. Often used in literary or formal contexts with たる or として.

• 彼かれの話はなしは興きょう味み索さく然ぜんたるものだった。

  His story was utterly uninteresting.

• その冗じょう談だんは場ばを興きょう味み索さく然ぜんとさせた。

  That joke threw a wet blanket on the gathering.