as in restlessness
the state of being bored
she spent that whole meeting in a state of complete boredom, waiting for lunch
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Recent Examples of boredom
What are the consequences to the development of imagination, patience and the embrace of boredom?
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2025
For longer periods? Know how to handle fear, loneliness or boredom?
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 June 2025
Many animal behaviorists also warn the practice fails to address the root cause of excessive barking—often anxiety, boredom, or inadequate training.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Factor 2: Antisocial behavior (e.g., deviance from an early age, aggression, impulsivity, irresponsibility, proneness to boredom).
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
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Patricia Steckler, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2025
For longer periods? Know how to handle fear, loneliness or boredom?
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 June 2025
Many animal behaviorists also warn the practice fails to address the root cause of excessive barking—often anxiety, boredom, or inadequate training.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Factor 2: Antisocial behavior (e.g., deviance from an early age, aggression, impulsivity, irresponsibility, proneness to boredom).
—New Atlas, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for boredom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boredom
melancholy
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Advertisement The answering note to its prevailing ironic treatment of Sir Walter is of course the melancholy and hint of regret that suffuse much of the novel’s tone.—
Brandon Taylor,
Time,
17 July 2025
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Over a balmy, slowly dissipating summer, nothing really pushes or pulls our aimless hero in either direction, and in this state of happy stagnation, melancholy becomes a comfort blanket.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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“Boredom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boredom. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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