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bored1

Pronunciation: /bɔːd/
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Definition of bored

adjective

  • feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one’s current activity:she got bored with staring out of the window they hung around all day, bored stiff bored teenagers John was soon bored to tears with the work she’s bored out of her mind

Derivatives

boredly

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːdli/
adverb

The traditional constructions for bored are bored by or bored with. The construction bored of emerged more recently, and is extremely common, especially in informal language. Although it is perfectly logical by analogy with constructions such as tired of, it is not fully accepted in standard English.

bored in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of bored in the US English dictionary
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