bored
adjective
- wearied, suffering from ennui; being dull, experiencing boredom
adjective
- create a hole
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɔːd/ / /bɔɹd/ / /bo(ː)ɹd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English -ed English bored From bore + -ed.
- 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.”
- Perforated by a hole or holes.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English -ed English bored From bore + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of bore