- feeling tired and impatient because you have lost interest in somebody/something or because you have nothing to do
- There was a bored expression on her face.
- She plays the role of a bored executive.
- He was rather bored with his life in a small town.
- bored with/of somebody/something | bored with/of doing something The children quickly got bored with staying indoors.
Homophones board | boredboard bored/bɔːd//bɔːrd/- board noun
- The rules were written on the board.
- board verb
- They are waiting to board a plane for New York.
- bored adjective
- The others began to look bored.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1- He seemed faintly bored by the whole process.
- She was bored with their conversation.
- Some children get bored very quickly.
- bored at the prospect of going shopping
- The others began to look bored.
- She enchants an otherwise bored audience.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- at
- by
- with
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- bored rigid
- bored silly
- bored stiff
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Idioms
See bored in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee bored in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe scared/bored witless
- (informal) to be extremely frightened or boredTopics Feelingsc2
bored stiff/silly | bored to death/tears | bored out of your mind
- (informal) extremely bored
- I remember being bored stiff during my entire time at school.
- She enjoys it. Everyone else is bored silly.
- He walked along, bored out of his mind.
- She was alone all day and bored to death.
Extra Examples- You must be bored stiff stuck at home all day.
- Personally, I was bored to death.
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