bored
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/bɔːd/
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/bɔːd/ · /bɔɹd/ · /bo(ː)ɹd/ · /boəd/
Definition of bored
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of bore
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verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of bore
adj
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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.”
“[Y]ou know you’re not the only one around who is bored and sian and tired of being bored and sian.”
- Perforated by a hole or holes.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From bore + -ed.
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