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
Over time, chronic stress can lead to social isolation, boredom, and lack of physical activity, which negatively impacts both the emotional and physical health of shelter animals.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The border was so quiet that National Guardsmen were reportedly struggling with boredom.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
So far, season 28 of The View has proven to be a wild one, with everything from tense political debates stemming from the 2024 presidential election to Goldberg collapsing to the Hot Topics table in agonizing boredom over discussion topics.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Just as with other forms of technology post-pandemic, there has been a level of fatigue from consumers towards products and services that were consumed to a particularly high degree during periods of boredom.
—Helen Rees, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The border was so quiet that National Guardsmen were reportedly struggling with boredom.
—Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
So far, season 28 of The View has proven to be a wild one, with everything from tense political debates stemming from the 2024 presidential election to Goldberg collapsing to the Hot Topics table in agonizing boredom over discussion topics.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Just as with other forms of technology post-pandemic, there has been a level of fatigue from consumers towards products and services that were consumed to a particularly high degree during periods of boredom.
—Helen Rees, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boredom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boredom
melancholy
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At the opposite end of the court, a thick layer of melancholy was present.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The far-reaching melancholy of musical theater has always been front and center in McAlpine’s work, which layers a lyricism of desire on top of string-heavy indie-pop arrangements.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2025
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“Boredom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boredom. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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