Synonyms of bored

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adjective

ˈbȯrd 

as in tired

having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted

I was completely bored during that speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tired
• weary
• sick
• wearied
• frustrated
• jaded
• annoyed
• sick and tired
• fed up
• exhausted
• uninterested
• disinterested
• irritated
• disgusted
• apathetic
• dispirited
• satiated
• dejected
• demoralized
• exasperated
• sated
• drained
• disheartened
• glutted
• fatigued
• discouraged
• surfeited
• beat
• blasé
• bushed
• done in
• limp
• enervated
• nauseated
• burned-out
• repulsed
• played out
• worn-out
• world-weary
• tuckered (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interested
• engaged
• engrossed
• stimulated
• absorbed
• intrigued
• excited
• rapt
• energized
• amused
• galvanized
• animated
• invigorated
• vitalized
• charmed
• fascinated
• enthralled
• enlivened
• hypnotized
• enchanted
• entertained
• delighted
• pleased
• mesmerized
• captivated
• beguiled
• bewitched
• thrilled

bored

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verb (1)

past tense of bore

1

as in drilled

to make a hole or series of holes in

some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drilled
• pierced
• punched
• poked
• holed
• punctured
• riddled
• tapped
• perforated
• cut
• penetrated
• broke
• pricked
• broached
• excavated
• hollowed
• grooved
• split
• slashed
• slit
• gouged
• ruptured
• prickled
• rent
• notched
• gashed
• burrowed (into)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• sealed
• plugged
• patched

2

as in pushed

to force one's way

with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushed
• squeezed
• jammed
• shoved
• pressed
• jostled
• crashed
• elbowed
• muscled
• bulldozed
• shouldered
• bulled
• thrust
• rammed

bored

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verb (2)

past tense of bore

as in wearied

to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous

the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tired
• wearied
• drained
• jaded
• exhausted
• wore
• discouraged
• fatigued
• put to sleep
• burned out
• enervated
• disabled
• dejected
• disheartened
• palled
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• wore out
• dispirited
• fagged
• demoralized
• washed out
• did in
• tuckered (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interested
• engrossed
• engaged
• fascinated
• intrigued
• excited
• stimulated
• enthralled
• absorbed
• amused
• energized
• busied
• entertained
• activated
• gripped
• animated
• enlivened
• attracted
• galvanized
• strengthened
• preoccupied
• captivated
• occupied
• mesmerized
• charmed
• hypnotized
• enchanted
• invigorated
• involved
• immersed
• vitalized
• monopolized
• busied
• beguiled
• stirred
• bewitched
• roused
• allured
• rallied
• pumped up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bored

Adjective

On Wednesday, two bored members of the press corps sat in the briefing room and debated the timing of the court hearing on the challenge to Trump’s ban. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Cut sketches include one in which Mitchell and Webb play English Civil War re-enactors who have grown bored of their roles and recreate a conflict between government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a rebel militia. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Verb

Dewey is the town sheriff; Gale has retired as a reporter and is married to him, but bored in Woodsboro. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026

Needless to say, Parker and Stone quickly got bored with the subject, adding a subplot that saw Obama teaming up with his apparent nemesis John McCain to dig a tunnel from the Oval Office to the Smithsonian and steal the Hope Diamond. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026