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boredom

[ bawr-duhm ]

noun

  1. the state of being bored; the feeling of being wearied by dullness, tedious repetition, etc.

    Synonyms: weariness, dullness, ennui, tedium, doldrums

    Antonyms: amusement, diversion, excitement



boredom

/ ˈbɔːdəm /

noun

  1. the state of being bored; tedium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boredom1

First recorded in 1850–55; bore 1 + -dom
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Example Sentences

One needs not have served with the IDF to know true boredom, after all.

“Boredom is something that a person can experience anywhere,” she says.

These include tips on how to avoid boredom, loneliness, frustration, and anxiety.

But the prevailing emotion that day, even among us awardees, was a bemused sense of boredom, restlessness and insatiability.

When Charlotte and Amerigo resume their affair, their behavior seems motivated less by passion than boredom.

The whole scene breathed boredom, the man embarrassed by the consciousness of his nullity, the woman tired of her dismal visitor.

Victor d'Arlan examined his fingernails and registered aristocratic boredom.

When her brilliant little face was in repose, it had a new look of fatigue and boredom.

Blood and, more than that, a desperate boredom fell upon the light touch.

Life knocked at the door and tore him from his artist's dreams to a dissolute existence of alternating pleasure and boredom.

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