bored
[adjective]
Synonyms: fed up, listless, tired, uninterested, wearied

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English Thesaurus: bored, fed up, be tired of somebody/something, have had enoug

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bored S3 /bɔːd $ bɔːrd/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: bore, boredom; adjective: bored, boring; verb: bore; adverb: boringly]
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 stiff/to tears/to death/out of your mind (=extremely bored)
► Do not confuse bored, which describes a feeling, and boring, which describes someone or something that makes you feel bored: bored students | a boring job

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bored
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get, grow Some children get bored very quickly.
remain
ADV. really, terribly, very | thoroughly | a bit, faintly, a little, pretty, rather, slightly
PREP. at bored at the prospect of going shopping
by He seemed faintly bored by the whole process.
with He was bored with their conversation.
PHRASES bored out of your (tiny) mind He walked along, bored out of his mind.
bored rigid/silly/stiff I remember being bored stiff during my entire time at school.
bored to death/distraction/tears She was alone all day and bored to death.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bored

get bored
I get bored if I’m at home on my own all day.
grow bored written
She grew bored and started gazing out of the window.
look/sound/feel bored
Some of the students were starting to look bored.
easily bored
Teenagers are easily bored in the holidays.
be bored to tears/to death (=extremely bored)
Rob was bored to tears trailing around the shops.
be bored stiff/silly/rigid (=extremely bored)
Patti was bored stiff with small-town Massachusetts life.
be bored out of your mind (=extremely bored)
In some of the lessons, I was bored out of my mind.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bored
adjective
1.
BAD: My job at the bank was very bored.
GOOD: My job at the bank was very boring.

Usage Note:
See note at BORING (boring)

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2.
BAD: I don't think I'll ever get bored of the book.
GOOD: I don't think I'll ever get bored with the book.
BAD: She soon got bored of talking to him.
GOOD: She soon got bored with talking to him.

Usage Note:
be/get bored with (doing ) sth : 'I'm bored with pasta and tomatoes - I want something different.' 'I got bored with lying on the beach and went off to explore the town.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

bored feeling that you are not interested in something or that you have nothing interesting to do:
Julia soon got bored with lying on the beach.
I'm bored. Can we go home now?
fed up [not before noun] informal feeling very bored and annoyed or unhappy - used especially when something has continued for too long, and you do not want it to continue any longer:
He got fed up with his old job and decided to start looking for a new one.
I’m fed up with listening to you complain!
You sound a bit fed up. Is everything alright?
be tired of somebody/something (also be sick of somebody/something) to feel very annoyed and bored with something that has continued for too long. Be sick of somebody/something sounds stronger and more annoyed than be tired of somebody/something:
People are tired of hearing politicians make promises that they never keep.
Do it yourself – I’m sick of cleaning up after you!
have had enough informal to be so bored with something that has continued for a long time that you decide to leave, do something different, or change the situation:
She put up with him for ten years before she finally decided that she had had enough.
I've had enough of all this moaning! Can we try and be more positive?

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