bored A2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /bɔɹd/ UK /bɔːd/ See IPA manual Homophones board /bɔɹd/ Freq #2516 Meanings 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 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. *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bored **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /bɔɹd/ **IPA (UK):** /bɔːd/ **Frequency rank:** 2516 ## Meanings 1. Feeling tired and impatient because you have nothing interesting to do. 2. No longer interested in something because you have experienced it too often. ## Examples - He was feeling bored, so he decided to go for a walk. - After years of the same routine, she felt bored with her job. ## Derived Forms - boredly - boredness - smoothbored - unbored ## Related Forms - bore - boredom - boring - ennui - unbore ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *bʰerH- ## Etymology From bore + -ed. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown