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单词 boredom
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Definition of boredom in English:

boredom

noun ˈbɔːdəmˈbɔrdəm
mass noun
  • The state of feeling bored.

    厌烦,厌倦;无聊

    I'll die of boredom if I live that long

    活那么久,我会无聊死的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two whole easily forgettable years of torture and boredom are almost over.
    • The relentless boredom, fear and frustration hung over her head like a black storm cloud.
    • Every time the boys' boredom threatens to go off like a klaxon, she produces another palliative.
    • The mild suggestion of boredom he affects can't disguise a hint of testiness.
    • Drew fought really, really hard to not roll her eyes in frustrated boredom.
    • On the contrary, it has brought us obsessions with work, stress and boredom.
    • You know, I think one of the problems I'm having at the moment is a deep and unassailable boredom.
    • They are paintings about boredom and the consolation of invented pleasures.
    • With all this pressure the crew relieve boredom and tension of long flights by playing practical jokes.
    • If one more thing goes wrong with my body, my eyes are gonna roll back in my head with sheer utter boredom.
    • Local teenagers blamed the disturbances on boredom, and what they see as a total lack of things for them to do in the area.
    • I often find dead spiders in the house and wonder whether they've died from boredom or starvation.
    • I read somewhere the other day about boredom being necessary for creativity.
    • Emotional eating is a big problem for lots of people, and so is eating out of boredom, or habit.
    • The accident, along with endless months of pain and boredom in hospital, failed to break her spirit.
    • However, now your baby will cry from boredom, anxiety, frustration and teething.
    • Sometimes a long period of whittling away at the front-runner can lead to boredom and apathy.
    • But their lives are rarely in danger; boredom is the great evil they must keep at bay.
    • We fear boredom, yet it is from boredom that real and productive imaginative play is spawned.
    • There was certainly no boredom at the Varsity match in Cambridge on Saturday.
    Synonyms
    weariness, ennui, lack of enthusiasm, lack of interest, lack of concern, apathy, uninterestedness, unconcern, languor, sluggishness, accidie, malaise, world-weariness
    frustration, dissatisfaction, restlessness, restiveness
    tedium, tediousness, dullness, monotony, repetitiveness, lack of variety, lack of variation, flatness, blandness, sameness, uniformity, routine, humdrum, dreariness, lack of excitement
    informal deadliness
    British informal sameyness

Rhymes

whoredom

Definition of boredom in US English:

boredom

nounˈbɔrdəmˈbôrdəm
  • The state of feeling bored.

    厌烦,厌倦;无聊

    the boredom of afternoon duty could be relieved by friendly conversation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The mild suggestion of boredom he affects can't disguise a hint of testiness.
    • I read somewhere the other day about boredom being necessary for creativity.
    • They are paintings about boredom and the consolation of invented pleasures.
    • We fear boredom, yet it is from boredom that real and productive imaginative play is spawned.
    • Emotional eating is a big problem for lots of people, and so is eating out of boredom, or habit.
    • However, now your baby will cry from boredom, anxiety, frustration and teething.
    • Sometimes a long period of whittling away at the front-runner can lead to boredom and apathy.
    • The accident, along with endless months of pain and boredom in hospital, failed to break her spirit.
    • Two whole easily forgettable years of torture and boredom are almost over.
    • If one more thing goes wrong with my body, my eyes are gonna roll back in my head with sheer utter boredom.
    • There was certainly no boredom at the Varsity match in Cambridge on Saturday.
    • Local teenagers blamed the disturbances on boredom, and what they see as a total lack of things for them to do in the area.
    • You know, I think one of the problems I'm having at the moment is a deep and unassailable boredom.
    • On the contrary, it has brought us obsessions with work, stress and boredom.
    • I often find dead spiders in the house and wonder whether they've died from boredom or starvation.
    • With all this pressure the crew relieve boredom and tension of long flights by playing practical jokes.
    • But their lives are rarely in danger; boredom is the great evil they must keep at bay.
    • Drew fought really, really hard to not roll her eyes in frustrated boredom.
    • The relentless boredom, fear and frustration hung over her head like a black storm cloud.
    • Every time the boys' boredom threatens to go off like a klaxon, she produces another palliative.
    Synonyms
    weariness, ennui, lack of enthusiasm, lack of interest, lack of concern, apathy, uninterestedness, unconcern, languor, sluggishness, accidie, malaise, world-weariness
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