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bore·dom
(bôr′dəm)n.
The condition of being bored; ennui.
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boredom
(ˈbɔːdəm)n
the state of being bored; tedium
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bore•dom
(ˈbɔr dəm, ˈboʊr-)n.
the state of being bored.
[1850–55]
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Boredom
bores collectively, 1883.Example: boredom of briefs [modern pun on legal briefs].
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Boredom/Boring
- Bored as Greta Garbo —Alice McDermott
- Boredom enveloped her like heavy bedding —Yukio Mishima
- Boredom … like a cancer in the breast —Evelyn Waugh
- Boredom, like hookworm, is endemic —Beryl Markham
- Boredom wafted from her like the scent of stale sweat —Anon
- Boredom was increasing … like a silent animal sadly rubbing itself against the sultry grass —Yukio Mishima
- Bore me the same as watching an industrial training film, or hearing a lecture on the physics of the three-point stance —Richard Ford
- Boring as airline food —Anon
- Boring as going to the toilet —Sylvia Plath
- Boring, like reading the Life Cycle of the Hummingbird —Dan Wakefield
- Could feel his boredom like an actual presence, like a big German shepherd that must be fed and restrained —Marge Piercy
- Life’s tedious as a twice-told tale —William Shakespeare
This famous simile also appeared in Homer’s Odyssey in the format of a question, “What’s so tedious as a twice-told tale?.”
- Yawns [caused by a dull discussion] inflated in his throat like balloons —Derek Lambert
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Boredom
cut and dried See SIMPLIFICATION.
dry-as-dust Boring, extremely dull or dry; prosaic, unimaginative; concerned with petty, uninteresting details. Dr. Dryasdust is the name of a fictitious character created by Sir Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The Doctor, a learned antiquary, wrote the introductory material or was mentioned in the prefaces to Scott’s novels. Currently, adjectival use of the term is most common.
She considered political economy as a dry-as-dust something outside the circle of her life. (Mary E. Braddon, Just as I am, 1880)
a month of Sundays See DURATION.
the screaming meemies See ANXIETY.
Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1980 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | boredom - the feeling of being bored by something tedious dissatisfaction - the feeling of being displeased and discontent; "he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received" blahs - a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction fatigue - (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue" |
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boredom
noun tedium, apathy, doldrums, weariness, monotony, dullness, sameness, ennui, flatness, world-weariness, tediousness, irksomeness He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom.
interest, entertainment, excitement, amusement, stimulation
interest, entertainment, excitement, amusement, stimulation
Quotations
"Boredom: the desire for desires" [Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina]
"Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention and irreclaimable weakness of character" [James Bridie Mr. Bolfry]
"One can be bored until boredom becomes the most sublime of all emotions" [Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts]
"Boredom is...a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it" [Bertrand Russell The Conquest of Happiness]
"Boredom: the desire for desires" [Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina]
"Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention and irreclaimable weakness of character" [James Bridie Mr. Bolfry]
"One can be bored until boredom becomes the most sublime of all emotions" [Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts]
"Boredom is...a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it" [Bertrand Russell The Conquest of Happiness]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
boredom
nounThe condition of being bored:
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Translations
سَأْممَلَلٌ، ضَجَرٌمللّ
nudadlouhá chvíle
kedsomhed
tylsyys
dosada
unalom
leiîindi
退屈
지루함
plictiseală
dolgčas
långtråkighet
ความเบื่อ
sự buồn tẻ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
boredom
n → Lang(e)weile f; (= boringness) → Stumpfsinn m, → Langweiligkeit f; with a look of utter boredom on his face → mit einem völlig gelangweilten Gesichtsausdruck
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bore2
(boː) verb to make (someone) feel tired and uninterested, by being dull etc. He bores everyone with stories about his travels.
noun a dull, boring person or thing.
ˈboredom noun the state of being bored.
ˈboring adjectivea boring job; This book is boring.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
boredom
→ سَأْم nuda kedsomhed Langeweile ανία aburrimiento tylsyys ennui dosada noia 退屈 지루함 verveling kjedsomhet nuda tédio скука långtråkighet ความเบื่อ can sıkıntısı sự buồn tẻ 厌倦Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
boredom
n. fastidio, aburrimiento.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012