Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of bore
comparative more bored · comparative boreder · superlative most bored · superlative boredest
- Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
He was feeling bored so he decided to play Minecraft.
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The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.
[Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian.
2006 October 3, Serene Luo, The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, →OCLC, section 3Synonyms: jaded
- Perforated by a hole or holes.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSuffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetired of the world
adjectiveuninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-
- Proto-Germanic*burōną
- Proto-West Germanic*borōn
- Old Englishborian
- Middle Englishboren
- Englishbore
- Englishbored
Translations
Arabic مَلُول, ضَجِر
- مَلُول (malūl)suffering from boredom
- ضَجِر (ḍajir)suffering from boredom
Basque aspertuta
- aspertutasuffering from boredom
Bulgarian отегче́н, скуча́ещ
- отегче́н (otegčén)suffering from boredom
- скуча́ещ (skučáešt)suffering from boredom
Catalan avorrit
- avorritsuffering from boredom
Chinese Cantonese 悶 /闷
- 悶 /闷 (mun⁶)suffering from boredom
Chinese Mandarin 厭煩 /厌烦, 無聊 /无聊
- 厭煩 /厌烦 (yànfán)suffering from boredom
- 無聊 /无聊 (wúliáo)suffering from boredom
Czech znuděný
- znuděnýsuffering from boredom
Danish kede
- kedesuffering from boredom
Dutch verveeld
- verveeldsuffering from boredom
Esperanto enua
- enuasuffering from boredom
Finnish tylsistynyt, kyllästynyt
- tylsistynytsuffering from boredom
- kyllästynytsuffering from boredom
French ennuyé
- ennuyésuffering from boredom
German gelangweilt
- gelangweiltsuffering from boredom
Greek τρυπημένος, βαριεστημένος
- τρυπημένος (trypiménos)suffering from boredom
- βαριεστημένος (variestiménos)suffering from boredom
Hebrew משועמם
- משועמם (mesho'amam)suffering from boredom
Hungarian unott, unatkozó
- unottsuffering from boredom
- unatkozósuffering from boredom
- unatkoziksuffering from boredom
Indonesian bosan
- bosansuffering from boredom
Italian annoiato, scocciato
- annoiatosuffering from boredom
- scocciatosuffering from boredom
Japanese 退屈した
- 退屈した (taikutsu shita)suffering from boredom
Korean 심심하다
- 심심하다 (simsimhada)suffering from boredom
Latin taesus, aliquem taedet aliquid
- taesussuffering from boredom
- aliquem taedet aliquidsuffering from boredom
Malay bosan
- bosansuffering from boredom
Māori hongehongeā, hokehokeā
- hongehongeāsuffering from boredom
- hokehokeāsuffering from boredom
- takeosuffering from boredom
Norwegian kjed
- kjedsuffering from boredom
Polish znudzony
- znudzonysuffering from boredom
Portuguese aborrecido, chateado
- aborrecidosuffering from boredom
- chateadosuffering from boredom
- entediadosuffering from boredom
Romanian plictisit
- plictisitsuffering from boredom
Russian скуча́ющий
- скуча́ющий (skučájuščij)suffering from boredom
Spanish aburrido, embolado
- aburridosuffering from boredom
- emboladosuffering from boredom
Swedish uttråkad
- uttråkadsuffering from boredom
Tagalog kakatamad
- kakatamadsuffering from boredom
Thai เบื่อ
- เบื่อ (bʉ̀ʉa)suffering from boredom
Turkish sıkılan, sıkılmış
- sıkılansuffering from boredom
- sıkılmışsuffering from boredom
Ukrainian нудьгу́ючий
- нудьгу́ючий (nudʹhújučyj)suffering from boredom
Vietnamese chán
- chánsuffering from boredom
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
bored. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bored
“bored.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bored. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bored,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bored.
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