Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The condition of being bored; ennui.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being a bore, or the tendency to become tiresome and uninteresting.
- n. The state of being bored; tedium; ennui.
- n. Bores collectively.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The state of being bored.
- n. countable An instance or period of a state of being bored; a variety of bored state.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.
- n. The realm of bores; bores, collectively.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Etymologies
- bore + -dom (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The English word "boredom" didn't come into popular use until the 19th century.”
“Inspirationin the ordinary: For Aubert, boredom is a precious commodity.”
“Leave my grandparents to rot in boredom and misery?”
The Huffington Post: Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Hereafter -- Death, American Style
“Whether we are dealing with the living-room, the bedroom or the hallway, boredom is left out and surprising elements are added in order to create pleasant spaces.”
“My dreams became an exercise in boredom, though I was actually impressed with my imagination and its ability to create so many characters, even if they were stock and repetitive.”
“Infotainment strives to avoid anything with intellectual content, as boredom is not a fungible commodity.”
The Productivity Story, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The cure for boredom is curiosity, there is no known cure for curiosity' Mrs Parker”
“But that 99% boredom is completely overshadowed by that 1% of sheer terror.”
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“The early musing on boredom is soon displaced by a sometimes sweet, but generally sour love story.”
“Now if, like me, you're having Thanksgiving with a bunch of economists, boredom is not an issue.”
The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boredom’.
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INTERP - challenges
abbreviations, abstractness, abstruse terms, accent, activation of kno..., adequacy, allusions, arcane expressions, attention splitting, availability of i..., badly drafted speech, baroque sentences and 171 more...
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• Little pains in my butt
Annoying, little, things. In a single word.
psoriasis, interjections, sultriness, spam, mice, mosquitoes, dust, mould, ipod, pimple, blister, sliver and 93 more...
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Nouns
ability, man, tree, apple, computer, chip, sheep, word, letter, light, dog, cube and 61 more...
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ff
attribute, sticking, distinct, perseverance, trend, clarify, avoidant, ambivalent, disoriented, cling, prompting, appositive and 94 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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worddom
put words in their place
theca, wisdom, kingdom, freedom, boredom, seldom, martyrdom, abdomen, doom, samhita, duma, dumka and 151 more...
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Class
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abdominal, abetting, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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INTERP - VOCABULARY
The vocabulary of conference interpreting. I commend this list to those who want to know more about the profession and to those who wish to organize their knowledge about the profession. To aspirin...
retour language, A-language, B-language, C-language, relay language, take sy on relay, language booth, booth meeting, mic, mike, mission, freelance interpr... and 2086 more...
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flight plan
words that remind me of airline travel
sardines, cramped, squashed, stuffy, odor, crick, boredom, imposition, bureaucracy, incompetent, inefficient, impatient and 25 more...
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Words I Don't Like
More like THINGS I Don't Like.
I actually DON'T dislike some of the words...just dislike what they are, like ignorance. Poser is one of the words that annoys the fuck out of me. It's use...antidisestablishm..., poser, whatever, angel, religion, evil, ego, doubt, regret, meaningless, brief, nothing and 5 more...
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What the Dickens!
Words and phrases coined or made popular by Charles Dickens.
Sources: http://thewordmaven.wordpress.com...Scrooge, Pecksniffian, Pickwickian, Faginesque, Bumble, Dolly Varden, Uriah Heap, Dickensian, micawber, podsnappery, A-1, ain’t and 18 more...
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My Least Favourite Words
morose, neurotic, paperwork, ruminate, litigation, gloom, depression, despair, dictator, politics, procrastination, reorganisation and 72 more...
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Things I detest
lies, liars, idiocy, ignorance, superficiality, promiscuity, balloons, yellow, pink, socializing, norms, common sense and 40 more...
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minionmaster's Words
contemplating, slightly, shackles, wristguards, kneepads, serenity, reactant, lithium, argon, oxygen, dire, immense and 82 more...
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stretching my legs
cautious start, gives way to curi..., happily flying, overconfident bumps, cautious tip-toeing, flouncy jumping, spectacular crashes, obstinant headlon..., boredom
Tweets
Looking for tweets for boredom.
hernesheir "Send brokerage statement for", in the shorthand of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 20, 2013
darqueau ...perhaps all sins are not causes, but effects, being the result of that first sin, Boredom.
K.W. Peter, Infernal Devices Jun 9, 2009