Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bored
IPA transcription: [b'ɔɹd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bored, world-weary
    Meaning: tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air"
  • Synonyms: blase, bored
    Meaning: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star"
Usage examples
  • "Oh! bored!
  • You won't be bored?"
  • "He must be bored with me," he thought.
  • It goes, but she gets bored too quickly.
  • Joe was not offended; she was only bored.
  • The officer was bored, he had nothing to do.
  • "That is," he amended, "if mademoiselle isn't bored ..."
  • Sometimes, when I am bored, I ring for Liddy, and we talk things over.
  • But there'--he rose stiff and chilled--'I am afraid I have bored you with my company.
  • "If you please, sir, when the postman brought it he told me that they'd bored the holes in the lid at the post-office.