bored

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /bɔːd/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /bɔːrd/

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• Homophone: board

Adjective

Positive bored

Comparative more bored

Superlative most bored

a bored child

1. If you are bored, you have nothing to do or there is nothing interesting.
   • Synonym: tired
   • Antonym: interested

   After ten years at the same job, he had grown bored with work.

   I just get bored with doing the same thing over and over.

Related words

• bore
• boring
• boredom

Verb

Plain form bore

Third-person singular bores

Past tense bored

Past participle bored

Present participle boring

1. The past tense and past participle of bore.