Definitions for boredom

boredom bore·dom

Spelling: [bawr-duh m, bohr-]
IPA: /ˈbɔr dəm, ˈboʊr-/

Boredom is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in boredom (bdemoor).

Definitions for boredom

noun

  1. the state of being bored; tedium; ennui.

Origin of boredom

First recorded in 1850-55; bore1+ -dom

Examples for boredom

Why, the moments of boredom, of weariness, of dissatisfaction.

His courtesy, his smartness, his anecdotes, his reminiscences were all boredom.

But the prevailing emotion that day, even among us awardees, was a bemused sense of boredom, restlessness and insatiability.

Fans were delighted, but within the band there were signs of boredom and discord.

I hoped that under the bullets of the Chechenes boredom could not exist—a vain hope!

“boredom is something that a person can experience anywhere,” she says.

Which is exactly how I plan on staving off boredom this Yom Kippur.

When Charlotte and Amerigo resume their affair, their behavior seems motivated less by passion than boredom.

Well, there will be no boredom at Dauvergne's if he ingratiates himself with actresses.

And all the while he stood there quietly beside Evadna, his attitude almost that of boredom.

Word Value for boredom
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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