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adjective

bored

Feeling uninterested because nothing holds your attention.

The bored child stares out the window during the long wait.

Etymology
borEnglishweary through dullness
+edEnglishaffected by

Bore in this sense means to weary through dullness. The ending -ed describes the person affected, whose attention has nothing sufficiently interesting to hold it.

More examples

  • I grew bored with the repetitive exercises.
  • She looked bored until the discussion turned to music.
  • The restless passengers were bored after hours of delay.

Forms

bored

Similar words

boring
Boring describes what fails to interest someone; bored describes the person feeling that lack of interest.