bored
1bored — S3 [bo:d US bo:rd] adj tired and impatient because you do not think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do ▪ He was easily bored. ▪ After a while I got bored and left. bored with ▪ Are you bored with your present job? bored… …
2bored — [ bɔrd ] adjective ** 1. ) feeling impatient or dissatisfied, because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do. If you want to say you are extremely bored, you can say you are bored stiff/rigid/silly or bored to… …
3bored — is normally construed with by or with: • How bored she was with that face! D. Devine, 1970 • He got bored with working in the scout hut L. Henderson, 1976 • Very many people…do not attend church because they are bored by ritualistic services… …
4bored — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or has no interest in one s current activity. USAGE The constructions bored by or bored with should be used rather than bored of. Although bored of mirrors the accepted… …
5bored — ored adj. tired of the world; bored with life. Syn: world weary. [WordNet 1.5] 2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. Opposite of {interested}. Syn: blase. [WordNet 1.5] …
6bored — 1823, from pp. of BORE (Cf. bore) (v.). Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. [Byron, Don Juan, 1823] …
7bored — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, grow ▪ Some children get bored very quickly …
8bored */*/ — UK [bɔː(r)d] / US [bɔrd] adjective Collocations: Bored describes how you feel: I hated school, and I was always bored. ♦ He is clearly bored with his job. Boring describes things or situations that make you feel bored: I always found school very… …
9bored — adj. 1) bored to (bored to death/to tears) 2) bored with; BE also has, esp. in children s language: bored of (bored with life) 3) (misc.) he was bored doing nothing * * * BE also has esp. in children s language: bored of (bored with life) (misc.) …
10bored — adjective tired and impatient because you do not think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do: Children easily get bored. (+ with): I m bored with the same old routine day after day. | bored stiff/to tears/to death/out of… …
