bored

A2
US /bɔɹd/ UK /bɔːd/
adj verb Freq #2516

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    tired of the world

    bored with life

  2. 2
    adj

    Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

    He was feeling bored so he decided to play Minecraft.

  3. 3
    adj

    uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

  4. 4
    verb

    simple past and past participle of bore

  5. 5
    adj

    Perforated by a hole or holes.

Etymology

From bore + -ed.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · tired of the world world-weary
3 adj · uninterested because of... blase
Word family
Derived forms boredlyborednesssmoothboredunbored
Related forms boreboredomboringennuiunbore

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