boredom B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/ UK /ˈbɔː.dəm/ See IPA manual Freq #10896 Meanings 1 noun The feeling of being bored, with nothing interesting to do. The children grew restless out of sheer boredom. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the feeling of being bored,... tediumennui Word family Forms boredoms Derived forms microboredommoredom Related forms accidieacediaboreboredboringennui Etymology From bore + -dom. *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # boredom **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɔː.dəm/ **Frequency rank:** 10896 ## Meanings 1. The feeling of being bored, with nothing interesting to do. ## Examples - The children grew restless out of sheer boredom. ## Derived Forms - microboredom - moredom ## Related Forms - accidie - acedia - bore - bored - boring - ennui ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *bʰerH- - Affix: -dom - state ## Etymology From bore + -dom. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown