bored

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adjective

ˈbȯrd 

: filled with or characterized by boredom

a bored voice

She had never been more bored in her life than while waiting for her delayed flight.

Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager …

—Ingrid Law

bored

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past tense and past participle of bore entry 1, bore entry 6

Synonyms of bored

Adjective

• tired

Examples of bored in a Sentence

Adjective

I was completely bored during that speech

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Infinite Jasons • MacNamara is so far from comprehending the box that his Jason looked utterly bored by his questions. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

As Hedda Gabler warned, bored women are time bombs whose agitation puts everyone at risk. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Burnt out and bored, people started reincorporating playfulness into their lives with outfit updates and bedazzled everything. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

If there’s too much maintenance and not enough expansion, one or both partners could get bored and feel stuck, Nelson cautioned. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1823, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bored

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword