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bored.

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/bɔːd/Received-Pronunciation/bɔɹd/General-American/bo(ː)ɹd//boəd/
  1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

    He was feeling bored so he decided to play Minecraft.
    The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.
  2. Perforated by a hole or holes.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English bored From bore + -ed.

verb/bɔːd/Received-Pronunciation/bɔɹd/General-American/bo(ː)ɹd//boəd/
  1. simple past and past participle of bore

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English bored From bore + -ed.

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