Synonyms of bored

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adjective

ˈbȯrd 

as in tired

having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted

I was completely bored during that speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tired
• sick
• weary
• wearied
• frustrated
• jaded
• annoyed
• sick and tired
• fed up
• exhausted
• uninterested
• irritated
• disinterested
• disgusted
• apathetic
• dispirited
• satiated
• dejected
• demoralized
• exasperated
• sated
• drained
• disheartened
• glutted
• fatigued
• discouraged
• surfeited
• beat
• blasé
• bushed
• done in
• burnt-out
• limp
• enervated
• nauseated
• burned-out
• repulsed
• played out
• blase
• worn-out
• world-weary
• tuckered (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interested
• engaged
• engrossed
• stimulated
• absorbed
• intrigued
• excited
• rapt
• energized
• amused
• galvanized
• animated
• invigorated
• vitalized
• charmed
• fascinated
• enthralled
• enlivened
• hypnotized
• enchanted
• entertained
• delighted
• pleased
• mesmerized
• captivated
• beguiled
• bewitched
• thrilled

bored

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verb (1)

past tense of bore

1

as in drilled

to make a hole or series of holes in

some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drilled
• pierced
• punched
• poked
• holed
• punctured
• riddled
• perforated
• tapped
• cut
• penetrated
• broke
• pricked
• broached
• excavated
• hollowed
• gouged
• prickled
• grooved
• split
• slashed
• slit
• ruptured
• rent
• notched
• burrowed (into)
• gashed
• rended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• sealed
• plugged
• patched

2

as in pushed

to force one's way

with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushed
• squeezed
• jammed
• shoved
• pressed
• jostled
• crashed
• elbowed
• muscled
• bulldozed
• shouldered
• bulled
• thrust
• rammed

bored

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verb (2)

past tense of bore

as in wearied

to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous

the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tired
• wearied
• drained
• jaded
• exhausted
• wore
• discouraged
• fatigued
• put to sleep
• burnt out
• burned out
• enervated
• disabled
• dejected
• disheartened
• debilitated
• palled
• enfeebled
• wore out
• dispirited
• fagged
• demoralized
• washed out
• did in
• tuckered (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interested
• engrossed
• engaged
• fascinated
• intrigued
• excited
• stimulated
• enthralled
• absorbed
• amused
• energized
• busied
• entertained
• activated
• gripped
• animated
• enlivened
• attracted
• galvanized
• strengthened
• preoccupied
• captivated
• occupied
• mesmerized
• charmed
• hypnotized
• enchanted
• invigorated
• involved
• immersed
• vitalized
• monopolized
• busied
• beguiled
• stirred
• bewitched
• roused
• allured
• rallied
• pumped up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bored

Adjective

At the North Face outlet store—selling authentic gear from the brand—a few bored trekkers leafed through the down jackets. —Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 1 May 2025

Exotic varieties will die off or will revert to ordinary street pigeons in several generations if humans get bored with them and stop rebreeding them. —Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025

Verb

Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day. —Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024

Doing the same things every day and not getting bored with doing the same things every day. —Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024