bored — feeling weary and impatient because you are unoccupied or lack interest in your current activity
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: feeling weary and impatient because you are unoccupied or lack interest in your current activity
Pronunciation (IPA): /bɔːrd/
Example Sentences
- My cat looks bored, but honestly, cats always look like that.
- She was bored with her phone, which is basically impossible.
- Many students get bored easily when the class only involves reading textbooks.
bored
ADJECTIVE[/bɔːrd/]
feeling weary and impatient because you are unoccupied or lack interest in your current activity
He looks so bored during the endless afternoon lecture.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The adjective 'bored' derives from the verb 'bore', which likely evolved metaphorically in 18th-century English from its original literal meaning 'to pierce or drill with an auger'. The semantic shift from the physical act of boring through wood to the figurative sense of mental weariness is thought to stem from the image of a drill bit persistently gnawing through material, analogous to tedium gnawing at one's mind.
Breakdown
bore (to drill; to weary) + -ed (past participle and adjectival suffix indicating a state or condition). The '-ed' suffix transforms the verb into an adjective describing someone affected by the state of being wearied.
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🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My cat looks bored, but honestly, cats always look like that.”
“She was bored with her phone, which is basically impossible.”
“Many students get bored easily when the class only involves reading textbooks.”
“He was so bored during the meeting that he started counting ceiling tiles.”
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