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bore·dom  (bôrdm, br-)

n.

The condition of being bored; ennui.

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boredom [ˈbɔːdəm]

n

the state of being bored; tedium

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Boredom bores collectively, 1883.

Example: boredom of briefs [modern pun on legal briefs].

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Boredom/Boring 

See Also: DULLNESS, LIFE

1. Bored as Greta Garbo —Alice McDermott
2. Boredom enveloped her like heavy bedding —Yukio Mishima
3. Boredom … like a cancer in the breast —Evelyn Waugh
4. Boredom, like hookworm, is endemic —Beryl Markham
5. Boredom wafted from her like the scent of stale sweat —Anon
6. Boredom was increasing … like a silent animal sadly rubbing itself against the sultry grass —Yukio Mishima
7. Bore me the same as watching an industrial training film, or hearing a lecture on the physics of the three-point stance —Richard Ford
8. Boring as airline food —Anon
9. Boring as going to the toilet —Sylvia Plath
10. Boring, like reading the Life Cycle of the Hummingbird —Dan Wakefield
11. Could feel his boredom like an actual presence, like a big German shepherd that must be fed and restrained —Marge Piercy
12. Life’s tedious as a twice-told tale —William Shakespeare

    This famous simile also appeared in Homer’s Odyssey in the format of a question, “What’s so tedious as a twice-told tale?.”

13. Yawns [caused by a dull discussion] inflated in his throat like balloons —Derek Lambert

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Boredom 

cut and dried See SIMPLIFICATION.

dry-as-dust Boring, extremely dull or dry; prosaic, unimaginative; concerned with petty, uninteresting details. Dr. Dryasdust is the name of a fictitious character created by Sir Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The Doctor, a learned antiquary, wrote the introductory material or was mentioned in the prefaces to Scott’s novels. Currently, adjectival use of the term is most common.

She considered political economy as a dry-as-dust something outside the circle of her life. (Mary E. Braddon, Just as I am, 1880)

a month of Sundays See DURATION.

the screaming meemies See ANXIETY.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

boredom - the feeling of being bored by something tedious ennui, tedium dissatisfaction - the feeling of being displeased and discontent; "he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received" blahs - a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction fatigue - (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"

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boredom

noun tedium, apathy, doldrums, weariness, monotony, dullness, sameness, ennui, flatness, world-weariness, tediousness, irksomeness He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom.
interest, entertainment, excitement, amusement, stimulation

Quotations
"Boredom: the desire for desires" [Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina]
"Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention and irreclaimable weakness of character" [James Bridie Mr. Bolfry]
"One can be bored until boredom becomes the most sublime of all emotions" [Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts]
"Boredom is...a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it" [Bertrand Russell The Conquest of Happiness]

Translations

boredom [ˈbɔːdəm] N → aburrimiento m

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boredom [ˈbɔː^rdəm] n → ennui m

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boredom

n → Lang(e)weile f; (= boringness) → Stumpfsinn m, → Langweiligkeit f; with a look of utter boredom on his face → mit einem völlig gelangweilten Gesichtsausdruck

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boredom [ˈbɔːdəm] n → noia

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boredom → سَأم nuda kedsomhed Langeweile ανία aburrimiento tylsyys ennui dosada noia 退屈 지루함 verveling kjedsomhet nuda tédio скука långtråkighet ความเบื่อ can sıkıntısı sự buồn tẻ 厌倦