Synonyms of bored

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adjective

ˈbȯrd 

as in tired

having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted

I was completely bored during that speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tired
• sick
• weary
• wearied
• frustrated
• jaded
• annoyed
• sick and tired
• fed up
• exhausted
• uninterested
• irritated
• disinterested
• disgusted
• apathetic
• dispirited
• satiated
• dejected
• demoralized
• exasperated
• sated
• drained
• disheartened
• glutted
• fatigued
• discouraged
• surfeited
• beat
• blasé
• bushed
• done in
• burnt-out
• limp
• enervated
• nauseated
• burned-out
• repulsed
• played out
• blase
• worn-out
• world-weary
• tuckered (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interested
• engaged
• engrossed
• stimulated
• absorbed
• intrigued
• excited
• rapt
• energized
• amused
• galvanized
• animated
• invigorated
• vitalized
• charmed
• fascinated
• enthralled
• enlivened
• hypnotized
• enchanted
• entertained
• delighted
• pleased
• mesmerized
• captivated
• beguiled
• bewitched
• thrilled

bored

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verb (1)

past tense of bore

1

as in drilled

to make a hole or series of holes in

some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drilled
• pierced
• punched
• poked
• holed
• punctured
• riddled
• perforated
• tapped
• cut
• penetrated
• broke
• pricked
• broached
• excavated
• hollowed
• gouged
• prickled
• grooved
• split
• slashed
• slit
• ruptured
• rent
• notched
• burrowed (into)
• gashed
• rended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• sealed
• plugged
• patched

2

as in pushed

to force one's way

with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushed
• squeezed
• jammed
• shoved
• pressed
• jostled
• crashed
• elbowed
• muscled
• bulldozed
• shouldered
• bulled
• thrust
• rammed

bored

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verb (2)

past tense of bore

as in wearied

to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous

the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tired
• wearied
• drained
• jaded
• exhausted
• wore
• discouraged
• fatigued
• put to sleep
• burnt out
• burned out
• enervated
• disabled
• dejected
• disheartened
• debilitated
• palled
• enfeebled
• wore out
• dispirited
• fagged
• demoralized
• washed out
• did in
• tuckered (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interested
• engrossed
• engaged
• fascinated
• intrigued
• excited
• stimulated
• enthralled
• absorbed
• amused
• energized
• busied
• entertained
• activated
• gripped
• animated
• enlivened
• attracted
• galvanized
• strengthened
• preoccupied
• captivated
• occupied
• mesmerized
• charmed
• hypnotized
• enchanted
• invigorated
• involved
• immersed
• vitalized
• monopolized
• busied
• beguiled
• stirred
• bewitched
• roused
• allured
• rallied
• pumped up

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of bored

Adjective

Baggage Claim follows Bethany, a bored thirtysomething whose life is going nowhere. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024

Visitors grew bored until Obaysch, named after an island in the Nile where he was captured, arrived three years later. —Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024

Verb

The artist who would eventually become the voice of a generation was then a 19-year-old college dropout bored with the Midwest and intrigued by the folk music coming out of Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. —Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024

The artist who would eventually become the voice of a generation was then a 19-year-old college dropout bored with the Midwest and intrigued by the folk music coming out of Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. —Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024