English Online Dictionary. What means bored? What does bored mean?
English
Etymology
From bore + -ed.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɔːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɔɹd/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /bo(ː)ɹd/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /boəd/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
- Homophones: board; baud, bawd (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Verb
bored
- simple past and past participle of bore
Adjective
bored (comparative more bored or boreder, superlative most bored or boredest)
- Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
- Perforated by a hole or holes.
Derived terms
- be bored, Thesaurus:be bored
- boredly
- boredness
- smoothbored
- unbored
(Expressions):
- 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
Related terms
- bore, bore out
- boredom
- boring
- unbore
Translations
See also
- ennui
- ennuyé
Anagrams
- Brode, brode, orbed, robed