bored

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adjective

ˈbȯrd 

: filled with or characterized by boredom

a bored voice

She had never been more bored in her life than while waiting for her delayed flight.

Bobbi slouched back against the cushions doing her best impression of a bored teenager …

—Ingrid Law

bored

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past tense and past participle of bore entry 1, bore entry 6

Synonyms of bored

Adjective

• tired

Examples of bored in a Sentence

Adjective

I was completely bored during that speech

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Teens might be fine but younger kids will be bored or overwhelmed. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Ahmady portrays Daisy as a playful spirit, a bored young mother who throws herself into new adventures and is unconflicted when her actions happen to hurt others. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

The trend took off in 2020 when a subset of bored young people, shut in by the pandemic, decided to blow their stimmy checks on something besides weed and DoorDash, and dove into stock-buying instead. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

When challenge is too low for abilities, the result is becoming bored, disengaged and increasingly disconnected from the task. — Naira Velumyan, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1823, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bored

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword