BORED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bored mean? 

• BORED (adjective)
  The adjective BORED has 2 senses:

1. tired of the world

2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

  Familiarity information: BORED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BORED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tired of the world

Synonyms:

bored; world-weary

Context example:

strolled through the museum with a bored air

Similar:

tired (depleted of strength or energy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

Synonyms:

blase; bored

Context example:

the bored gaze of the successful film star

Similar:

uninterested (not having or showing interest)

 Context examples 

Life worried and bored him, and time was a vexation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Do you often get bored?

(GDS - Often Get Bored, NCI Thesaurus)

Geriatric Depression Scale, Short Form (GDS-SF) Do you often get bored?

(GDS-SF - Often Get Bored, NCI Thesaurus)

For an instant they looked each other over, and then Berks, ducking his head and rushing in with a handover-hand style of hitting, bored Jim down into his corner.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My dear Watson, you know how bored I have been since we locked up Colonel Carruthers.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Holmes, I can see that you are bored to death with the whole affair.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No lazy, sun-kissed life was this, with nothing to do but loaf and be bored.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Well, I am what they call an Oxford man, he returned; that is to say, I get bored to death down there, periodically—and I am on my way now to my mother's.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When she forced him too hard, he was compelled to go about in a circle, his shoulder presented to her, his head turned from her, and on his face and in his eyes a patient and bored expression.

(White Fang, by Jack London)