bored

bored

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of bored in English

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 horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /bo(ː)ɹd/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /boəd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
  • Homophones: board; baud, bawd (non-rhotic, horsehoarse merger)

Verb

bored

  1. simple past and past participle of bore

Adjective

bored (comparative more bored or boreder, superlative most bored or boredest)

  1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
  2. 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

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