boredom
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boredom
- /ˈbɔː.dəm/ UK
- /ˈbɔɹ.dəm/ US
Where it comes from
From bore + -dom.
noun boredoms
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The state of being bored.
The House had just broke up, and the political members had just entered, and in clusters, some standing, and some yawning, some stretching their arms, and some stretching their legs, presented symptoms of an escape from boredom.
Similar: ennui, tedium, dullsville
- An instance or period of being bored; a bored state. If we are seeking a more original conception of boredom then we must also correspondingly endeavour to envisage a more original form of boredom, thus presumably a boredom in which we become more bored than in the situation we have characterized.
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The state of being a bore.
Neither will I follow another precedental mode of boredom, and indulge in a laudatory apostrophe to the destinies which presided over my fashioning.
Similar: boreism
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tedium, ennui, bore, bored, trouble, problem, nuisance, annoyance, thing, pill, boring, snag, monotony, dullness, tediousness, weariness
Translations
Every language
noun state of being bored
| Español | aburrimiento, tedio, hastío, muermo, embole |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 갑갑증 gapgapjeung, 지루함 jiruham |
| 日本語 | 退屈 taikutsu |
| 中文 | 無聊 /无聊 wúliáo, 乏味 fáwèi, 無趣 /无趣 wúqù |
| हिन्दी | बोरियत boriyat, ऊब ūb |
| Português | aborrecimento, tédio, enfado, fastio |
| Français | ennui |
| Deutsch | Langeweile |
| Italiano | noia, tedio |
| Ελληνικά | πλήξη plíxi, βαρεμάρα varemára, ανία anía |
| Română | plictiseală |
| Русский | ску́ка skúka |
| Tiếng Việt | nỗi buồn tẻ, nỗi buồn chán |
| العربية | مَلَل malal, ضَجَر ḍajar |
| עברית | שִׁעְמוּם shi'amum |
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