boredom
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Definition of boredom
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Synonyms
blahs, doldrums, ennui, listlessness, restlessness, tedium, weariness
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There was a drummer with Scottish roots, a British diplomat who spent six years living in a hotel in Africa, and a French artist, who had the same crippling fear of boredom and aversion to the grocery store. — Mariel Loveland, Billboard, "Life After the Road: Finding a Way Home When the Tour Ends (Guest Column)," 22 Aug. 2019 This same circuitry, of course, renders elephants susceptible to the various psychic pathologies that afflict imprisoned humans: extreme boredom and depression, stereotypical behaviors like manic pacing and rocking and heightened aggression. — New York Times, "Zoos Called It a ‘Rescue.’ But Are the Elephants Really Better Off?," 9 July 2019 This is all good news for Farage, who has capitalized on the boredom most Brits feel with the one-story news-cycle and formed his own Brexit Party to charge off the cliff. — Tina Brown, Time, "Tina Brown: How Britain Lost the Plot Over Brexit," 6 June 2019 Russian fans broke into their national chant several times to break the boredom. — Graham Dunbar, BostonGlobe.com, "Denmark and France advance at World Cup with drab, scoreless draw," 26 June 2018 Several of the familiar themes are there: the search for and betrayal of the lost mother; the double nature of father/lover and lover/brother; the defense of boredom or nothingness as a moral position more truthful than conventionality. — Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker, "Françoise Sagan, the Great Interrogator of Morality," 21 Aug. 2019 Women also usually reported specific triggers for thinking of comforting food, like boredom or stress, further promoting the idea that the comfort of food helps mitigate unpleasant feelings—as one might experience with PMS. — Sara Twogood, Quartz, "The science behind why you crave carbs when you’re on your period," 7 Aug. 2019 While the season’s humidity index shows no sign of slowing down—and feels especially intense between the buildings in the Big Apple—the actress seems to have found the ultimate breezy solution for summer hair boredom. — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, "Zoë Kravitz Proves the Perennial Power of Pigtails in New York," 1 Aug. 2019 For the rest of us, that was a lot of unnecessary boredom. — Paul Brady, Condé Nast Traveler, "Can You Text on a Plane? A Guide to In-Flight Phone Use," 22 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'boredom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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