US /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/ UK /ˈbɔː.dəm/
noun Freq #10896

Meanings

  1. 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

Etymology

From bore + -dom.

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