as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
I was completely bored during that speech
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as in drilled
to make a hole or series of holes in
some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard
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as in wearied
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death
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Recent Examples of bored
Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Holes are bored in the ground to tap the stable subsurface temperatures to warm indoor air in the winter and cool it in the summer.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Drama centers on a bored tuk-tuk driver who leaves his family in the highlands to work in the city.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Holes are bored in the ground to tap the stable subsurface temperatures to warm indoor air in the winter and cool it in the summer.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bored. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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