[
US
/ˈbɔɹdəm/
]
[ UK /bˈɔːdəm/ ]
[ UK /bˈɔːdəm/ ]
NOUN
- the feeling of being bored by something tedious
How To Use boredom In A Sentence
- For the viewer or the reader, this can be a pleasant experience, a feeling of ease, without boredom or dullness.
- his eyes were glazed over with boredom
- Traditionally the life of a soldier involves long stretches of boredom punctuated by brief and seemingly unending moments of stark terror.
- There are so many ways to beat boredom without going near a slots game of any sort. The Sun
- They started quarrelling out of sheer boredom.
- That is not because there will be a coup against him but just through sheer boredom. Times, Sunday Times
- There are other, smaller points of similarity; Emma's boredom with village life is parallelled in Cher's boredom with high school boys. Way Existential
- After a few hours of sleepless boredom, he took out a handgun from his leg holster.
- He made friends, had adventures, found ways to fight the boredom with his cluster of rat-eyed Latin Bowery Boys.
- Now, she would gladly exchange unmitigated boredom for the quivering nerves that alerted her to every shadow. PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW