Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition of being bored; ennui.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being a bore, or the tendency to become tiresome and uninteresting.
- noun The state of being bored; tedium; ennui.
- noun Bores collectively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.
- noun The realm of bores; bores, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state of being
bored . - noun countable An instance or period of a state of being
bored ; a variety of bored state.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Etymologies
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Examples
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The English word "boredom" didn't come into popular use until the 19th century.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN TIERNEY 2012
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The English word "boredom" didn't come into popular use until the 19th century.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN TIERNEY 2012
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Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style Jonathan Kim 2010
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Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style Jonathan Kim 2010
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Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style Jonathan Kim 2010
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Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style Jonathan Kim 2010
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Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style Jonathan Kim 2010
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Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style Jonathan Kim 2010
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Inspirationin the ordinary: For Aubert, boredom is a precious commodity.
On the Verge: Silversun Pickups just 'love to play live' 2010
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Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style Jonathan Kim 2010
darqueau commented on the word boredom
...perhaps all sins are not causes, but effects, being the result of that first sin, Boredom.
K.W. Peter, Infernal Devices
June 9, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word boredom
"Send brokerage statement for", in the shorthand of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
Logophile77 commented on the word boredom
Invented by Charles Dickens
January 22, 2018