bored

Thân thiện

A student looks bored during a long lecture.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity: The state of being mentally disengaged due to monotony, repetition, or a lack of stimulation.
   • Showing signs of such weariness or lack of interest: Used to describe a person's appearance, manner, or expression that conveys disinterest.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The students looked bored during the long lecture.
  • She was bored with her routine job and sought a new challenge.
  • He gave a bored sigh and glanced at his watch.

Advanced Usage

• "to be bored of": To have lost all interest or patience with something due to overexposure. (Note: "bored with" is more traditionally standard, but "bored of" is common in informal usage).
  • I am utterly bored of this television series.
• "to be bored to death/tears": An idiomatic expression meaning to be extremely bored.
  • The meeting was so dull I was bored to tears.
• "bored stiff": Another informal idiom meaning to be very bored.
  • We were stuck in traffic and I was bored stiff.

Variants and Related Words

• Bore (verb): To cause someone to feel bored.
  • His long stories bore me.
• Boring (adjective): Causing boredom; not interesting.
  • It was a boring movie.
• Boredom (noun): The state of feeling bored.
  • The afternoon was filled with boredom.

Synonyms

• Uninterested: Not interested in or concerned about something.
• Weary: Feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of stimulation.
• Jaded: Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.
• Listless: Lacking energy or enthusiasm.

Antonyms

• Interested: Showing curiosity or concern about something or someone.
• Engaged: Busy; occupied; involved.
• Entertained: Provided with amusement or enjoyment.
• Stimulated: Encouraged or aroused interest or enthusiasm.

Related Idioms

• "Bored out of one's mind": An informal idiom meaning extremely bored.
  • I had nothing to do all day and was bored out of my mind.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
   • his blase indifference
   • a petulant blase air
   • the bored gaze of the successful film star
2. tired of the world
   • bored with life
   • strolled through the museum with a bored air

Từ đồng nghĩa

• blase
• world-weary