'Bored' definitions:
Definition of 'bored'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air" [syn: bored, world- weary]
adjective
Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored]
Definition of 'Bored'
From: GCIDE
- Bore \Bore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bored; p. pr. & vb. n. Boring.] [OE. borien, AS. borian; akin to Icel. bora, Dan. bore, D. boren, OHG. por?n, G. bohren, L. forare, Gr. ? to plow, Zend bar. [root]91.]
- 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. [1913 Webster]
- I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole. [1913 Webster]
- Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. --T. W. Harris. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. "What bustling crowds I bored." --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester. [1913 Webster]
- He bores me with some trick. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'bored'
From: GCIDE
- bored \bored\ 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]
Synonyms of 'bored'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloof,
- anguished,
- anxious,
- apathetic,
- benumbed,
- blase,
- bored stiff,
- bored to death,
- bored to tears,
- careless,
- cheerless,
- dead,
- debilitated,
- depressed,
- detached,
- disgusted,
- disinterested,
- distant,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- droopy,
- drugged,
- dull,
- enervated,
- exanimate,
- grim,
- heavy,
- hebetudinous,
- heedless,
- impassive,
- inanimate,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inert,
- insouciant,
- jaded,
- joyless,
- lackadaisical,
- languid,
- languorous,
- leaden,
- lethargic,
- lifeless,
- listless,
- lumpish,
- mindless,
- moribund,
- nauseated,
- nauseous,
- numb,
- phlegmatic,
- pleasureless,
- pooped,
- prey to malaise,
- regardless,
- repelled,
- revolted,
- sad,
- sated,
- sickened,
- sleepy,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- somnolent,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- stolid,
- stultified,
- stuporous with boredom,
- suffering angst,
- supine,
- torpid,
- unconcerned,
- uneasy,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- uninquiring,
- uninterested,
- uninvolved,
- unmindful,
- unquiet,
- unsatisfied,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- wan,
- weary,
- withdrawn,
- world-weary