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
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
My 3-year-old son is finally able to sit through a whole board game without getting, well, bored, and Candyland quickly became his go-to.
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Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
16 June 2026
Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
Travelers are increasingly bored with vacations built only around drinking, gambling and sitting by the pool.
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Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Adjective
If anyone is bored, there’s a bigger issue.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
My 3-year-old son is finally able to sit through a whole board game without getting, well, bored, and Candyland quickly became his go-to.
—
Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
16 June 2026
Verb
Buzzard followed along, fascinated by the social experiment though bored by the mathematical content of Equational Theories.
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Quanta Magazine,
8 June 2026
Travelers are increasingly bored with vacations built only around drinking, gambling and sitting by the pool.
—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bored
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Depredation occurs when a shark steals an angler’s catch off their line, and Florida’s fishers are tired of it.
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Pugh is tired of seeing her mom suffer by no fault of her own.
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About two-thirds of the 6,700 feet of 16 inch steel pipe beneath the river and crossing parts of the two parks would run through subterranean tunnels drilled by a high tech boring machine.
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Lo Celso scored on a free kick; Martinez drilled a penalty kick after Julian Alvarez was kicked in the face while attempting a header.
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Earlier this week Iran also pushed back against a statement from France’s President Emmanuel Macron that said France, Oman and others would collaborate on removing mines from the strait.
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Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries — wary of being left exposed by another global crisis akin to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — to shore up their stockpiles.
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Maybe the modest size of tonight’s group wearied Nina.
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Though their studio albums of the period all reached the top 20, the Dead were wearied by operating their own label, and Grateful Dead Records folded in late 1976.
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Lower the heat to a simmer, and cook until the potatoes are just slightly tender when pierced with a fork or knife.
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First responders found the woman conscious and alert after an umbrella stake pierced her shoulder.
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The performance uptick that Motorola squeezed from the 2026 Razr+ is minor at best, with results showing no significant year-over-year gains.
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There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
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These plants may not thrive in soil that's poorly drained or overly compacted.
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Something uncertain, something human, has been drained like blood from this world.
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That punched El Tri's ticket straight to the Round of 16 and kept the host nation's tournament dream alive for at least one more match.
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Rocha punched it in the nose and the shark let go and swam away.
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“Bored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bored. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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