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bored

  • adjective
  • /bɔːd/

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

Example

“He was feeling bored so he decided to play Minecraft.”

Other meanings

  1. Perforated by a hole or holes.

Related words

  • be bored
  • boredly
  • boredness
  • smoothbored
  • unbored
  • bored out of one's brains
  • bored out of one's mind
  • bored out of one's tree
  • bored stiff
  • bored shitless
  • bored to tears

Example sentences

  • “I've been bored the last few days.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “I was bored the whole time.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
  • “I'm tired and bored.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bored” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.