bored

CEFRA2

/bɔːd/

adjective · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Feeling uninterested because something is not engaging.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Perforated by a hole or holes.

Examples

  • Come on, play with me, I'm so bored!

  • There was a bored expression on her face.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /bo(ː)ɹd/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

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

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of bore

More examples

In context

  • He was feeling bored so he decided to play Minecraft.

  • The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.

  • The audience appeared bored.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

After two hours of waiting, the children were completely blank and restless.

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Origin

adjective

From bore + -ed.