noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/ˈbɔː.dəm/
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US:/ˈbɔɹ.dəm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The state of being bored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Examples
See more citations at boredoms.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The state of being a bore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boreism
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ennui, tedium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dissatisfaction
Narrower terms: blahs, fatigue
History
Etymology
From bore + -dom.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mërzitje
— state of being bored
Arabic:
مَلَل
(malal)
— state of being bored
Arabic:
ضَجَر
(ḍajar)
— state of being bored
Arabic:
طَفَش
(ṭafaš)
— state of being bored
Arabic:
زَهَق
(zahag)
— state of being bored
Arabic:
مَلَل
(malal)
— state of being bored
Armenian:
ձանձրույթ
(janjruytʻ)
— state of being bored
Basque:
asperraldi
— state of being bored
Belarusian:
нуда́
(nudá)
— state of being bored
Belarusian:
нудо́та
(nudóta)
— state of being bored
Central Bikol:
pagkalangkag
— state of being bored
Bulgarian:
ску́ка
(skúka)
— state of being bored
Bulgarian:
доса́да
(dosáda)
— state of being bored
Catalan:
fastig
— state of being bored
Catalan:
avorriment
— state of being bored
Catalan:
tedi
— state of being bored
Chinese Mandarin:
無聊 /无聊
(wúliáo)
— state of being bored
Chinese Mandarin:
乏味
(fáwèi)
— state of being bored
Chinese Mandarin:
無趣 /无趣
(wúqù)
— state of being bored
Czech:
nuda
— state of being bored
Danish:
kedsomhed
— state of being bored
Dutch:
verveling
— state of being bored
Esperanto:
enuo
— state of being bored
Esperanto:
spleno
— state of being bored
Estonian:
tüdimus
— state of being bored
Estonian:
igavus
— state of being bored
Finnish:
tylsyys
— state of being bored
Finnish:
ikävystyminen
— state of being bored
French:
ennui
— state of being bored
Galician:
aburrimento
— state of being bored
Georgian:
მოწყენილობა
(moc̣q̇eniloba)
— state of being bored
German:
Langeweile
— state of being bored
Greek:
πλήξη
(plíxi)
— state of being bored
Greek:
βαρεμάρα
(varemára)
— state of being bored
Greek:
ανία
(anía)
— state of being bored
Ancient Greek:
ἀνία
(anía)
— state of being bored
Hebrew:
שִׁעְמוּם
(shi'amum)
— state of being bored
Hindi:
बोरियत
(boriyat)
— state of being bored
Hindi:
ऊब
(ūb)
— state of being bored
Hungarian:
unalom
— state of being bored
Italian:
noia
— state of being bored
Italian:
tedio
— state of being bored
Japanese:
退屈
(taikutsu)
— state of being bored
Khmer:
អផ្សុក
(ʼɑpphsok)
— state of being bored
Korean:
갑갑증
(gapgapjeung)
— state of being bored
Korean:
지루함
(jiruham)
— state of being bored
Central Kurdish:
بێزاری
(bêzarî)
— state of being bored
Latin:
taedium
— state of being bored
Latvian:
garlaicība
— state of being bored
Latvian:
garlaiks
— state of being bored
Lithuanian:
nuobodulys
— state of being bored
Macedonian:
досада
(dosada)
— state of being bored
Malay:
bosan
— state of being bored
Māori:
takeo
— state of being bored
Marathi:
कंटाळा
(kaṇṭāḷā)
— state of being bored
Norwegian Bokmål:
kjedsomhet
— state of being bored
Norwegian Nynorsk:
keisemd
— state of being bored
Persian:
کسالت
(kasâlat)
— state of being bored
Persian:
ملالت
(malâlat)
— state of being bored
Plautdietsch:
Lankwiel
— state of being bored
Polish:
nuda
— state of being bored
Polish:
znudzenie
— state of being bored
Polish:
znużenie
— state of being bored
Polish:
nudota
— state of being bored
Polish:
nudność
— state of being bored
Portuguese:
aborrecimento
— state of being bored
Portuguese:
tédio
— state of being bored
Portuguese:
enfado
— state of being bored
Portuguese:
fastio
— state of being bored
Romanian:
plictiseală
— state of being bored
Russian:
ску́ка
(skúka)
— state of being bored
Serbo-Croatian:
до̏сада
— state of being bored
Serbo-Croatian:
dȍsada
— state of being bored
Slovak:
nuda
— state of being bored
Slovene:
dolgčas
— state of being bored
Spanish:
aburrimiento
— state of being bored
Spanish:
tedio
— state of being bored
Spanish:
hastío
— state of being bored
Spanish:
muermo
— state of being bored
Spanish:
embole
— state of being bored
Swedish:
uttråkning
— state of being bored
Swedish:
tristess
— state of being bored
Tajik:
малолат
(malolat)
— state of being bored
Tajik:
дилтангӣ
(diltangi)
— state of being bored
Thai:
ความเบื่อหน่าย
(kwaam-bʉ̀ʉa-nàai)
— state of being bored
Thai:
ความเบื่อ
(kwaam-bʉ̀ʉa)
— state of being bored
Turkish:
can sıkıntısı
— state of being bored
Turkish:
bunaltı
— state of being bored
Turkish:
usantı
— state of being bored
Turkish:
melal
— state of being bored
Turkish:
usanç
— state of being bored
Ukrainian:
нудьга́
(nudʹhá)
— state of being bored
Ukrainian:
ску́ка
(skúka)
— state of being bored
Ukrainian:
нуда́
(nudá)
— state of being bored
Ukrainian:
нудо́та
(nudóta)
— state of being bored