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
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
RuPaul wants a Drag Superstar, not an ordinary girl who gets lazy and gets bored.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 May 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
Voters would smell that and, anyway, Harris would be miserably bored in the state Capitol dealing with budget minutiae and relatively inexperienced legislative leaders.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
RuPaul wants a Drag Superstar, not an ordinary girl who gets lazy and gets bored.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 May 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bored
tired
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The Panthers survived an Aleksander Barkov delay of game penalty and McDavid slaloming through tired penalty killers only to be turned away by Bobrovsky’s stomach snow angel.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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My therapist buffs and moisturizes my tired skin with nutrient-rich seaweed body polish and a firming mask before laying shiver-inducing strands of detoxifying fresh seaweed across my back.—
Katie Nanton,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bored. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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