boredom
[ˈbɔːrdəm]
Definition:
1. The state of feeling bored.
2. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
Use 'boredom' in a sentence:
- 1. This can really be the cure to your boredom at work.
- 2. Sometimes a long period of whittling away at the front-runner can lead to boredom and apathy.
- 3. You now depend on this habit for comfort, happiness, freedom from boredom, and as a stress reliever.
- 4. When your mind strays from your desk to the vending machine, it could be hunger or it could be boredom or irritation with your boss.
- 5. Two whole easily forgettable years of torture and boredom are almost over.
- 6. My mood could be summed up by the single word boredom.
- 7. I couldn't bear the boredom of having nothing to do, so I quit.
- 8. She seems so depressed by the monotony and boredom of her city life.
- 9. They are paintings about boredom and the consolation of invented pleasures.
- 10. And so this is what I did for hours, until I itched with boredom.
- 11. Is this a sign of boredom or something else?
- 12. I am dying of boredom!
- 13. However, now your baby will cry from boredom, anxiety, frustration and teething.
- 14. People went bananas with boredom.