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
And yes, there were occasional hijinks spurred by youthful boredom and restlessness.
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Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Because her motivations seem much more complicated than mere boredom in your adaptation.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Goldman Sachs last month had its busiest IPO week since July 2021, when pandemic boredom fueled a listings binge, not all of it healthy.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Beneath such moves often lurks a selfish desire to soothe increasing anxiety, unrest, and potentially even boredom.
—Kurt Strovink, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boredom
Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Because her motivations seem much more complicated than mere boredom in your adaptation.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Goldman Sachs last month had its busiest IPO week since July 2021, when pandemic boredom fueled a listings binge, not all of it healthy.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Beneath such moves often lurks a selfish desire to soothe increasing anxiety, unrest, and potentially even boredom.
—Kurt Strovink, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boredom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boredom
Noun
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Throughout the film, del Toro flits and hovers between contradictory ideas, with the restlessness of the beautiful butterflies that Elizabeth, an amateur entomologist, likes to study.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Paying close attention to how each pillow affected their sleep, any improvements in neck pain, restlessness, and temperature regulation, to determine which organic pillows made the cut.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
28 Oct. 2025
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By the years of the Great Depression, the clown came to represent the faded glory of the circus and reflected the weariness felt by so many Americans in crisis.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The 2014 original was gleefully over-the-top already, and the sequels have only amped up the spectacle, but his genuine fury and weariness felt new, exciting, a revelation.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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Coppola and production designer Ziering will explore their creative partnership, the aesthetic and emotional storytelling that defines Coppola’s visual universe — from the suburban melancholy of Palo Alto to the luminous complexity of The Last Showgirl.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Full of dread and melancholy, the Austrian import flips the creepy-kid script a bit by centering on two boys (Elias and Lukas Schwarz) who wonder whether their mom (Susanne Wuest), whose head is wrapped in bandages after facial surgery, is actually their mom. 38.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Boredom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boredom. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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