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

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Feeling tired and impatient because you have nothing interesting to do.

    He was feeling bored, so he decided to go for a walk.

  2. 2
    adj

    No longer interested in something because you have experienced it too often.

    After years of the same routine, she felt bored with her job.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · no longer interested in... blase
Word family
Derived forms boredlyborednesssmoothboredunbored
Related forms boreboredomboringennuiunbore

Etymology

From bore + -ed.

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