'Boredom' definitions:
Definition of 'boredom'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Boredom'
From: GCIDE
- Boredom \Bore"dom\, n.
- 1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'boredom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acedia,
- aloofness,
- angst,
- anguish,
- anxiety,
- apathy,
- boredness,
- carelessness,
- cheerlessness,
- detachment,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- discontent,
- disgust,
- disinterest,
- disinterestedness,
- dislike,
- dispiritedness,
- displeasure,
- disquiet,
- dissatisfaction,
- distaste,
- doldrums,
- dread,
- dreariness,
- drowsiness,
- dullness,
- emptiness,
- enervation,
- ennui,
- existential woe,
- fatigue,
- fed-upness,
- flatness,
- grimness,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- heedlessness,
- impassiveness,
- impassivity,
- inanimation,
- incuriosity,
- incuriousness,
- indifference,
- indifferentism,
- indifferentness,
- inquietude,
- insouciance,
- intellectual inertia,
- jadedness,
- joylessness,
- lack of interest,
- lack of pleasure,
- lackadaisicalness,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languor,
- languorousness,
- lassitude,
- lenitude,
- lentor,
- lethargy,
- life-weariness,
- lifelessness,
- listlessness,
- malaise,
- melancholy,
- monotony,
- nausea,
- nongratification,
- nonsatisfaction,
- oscitancy,
- painfulness,
- passivity,
- phlegm,
- regardlessness,
- satedness,
- satiation,
- satiety,
- savorlessness,
- sleepiness,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggishness,
- somnolence,
- spleen,
- staleness,
- stolidity,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- supineness,
- taedium vitae,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tedium,
- tiredness,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- torpor,
- uncomfortableness,
- unconcern,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unhappiness,
- uninquisitiveness,
- uninterestedness,
- unmindfulness,
- unpleasure,
- unsatisfaction,
- vexation of spirit,
- wearifulness,
- weariness,
- withdrawal,
- world-weariness,
- yawn