bored

bored
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 your mind (=extremely bored): You'd be bored stiff in a job like that. USAGE NOTE: BORED WORD CHOICE: bored, boring, interested in, interesting, frightened of, frightening With pairs of adjectives like this, the one ending in -ed describes the person who has the feeling, the one ending in -ing describes whatever gives them that feeling: I got bored watching TV/talking to Susan. | TV/Susan was boring. | I'm interested in their summer courses (NOT I interested in... or I was interesting in/on... or I was interested of/on/with/about...). | Don't be frightened of it - it isn't really frightening. GRAMMAR You will hear people say they are bored of something but many people think only bored with is correct: She's getting really bored with her job.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • bored — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bored — [ 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bored — 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… …   Modern English usage

  • bored — ► 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… …   English terms dictionary

  • bored — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bored — 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] …   Etymology dictionary

  • bored — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, grow ▪ Some children get bored very quickly …   Collocations dictionary

  • bored */*/ — 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… …   English dictionary

  • bored — 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.) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • bored — ar·bored; bored; un·bored; la·bored·ly; la·bored·ness; …   English syllables

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