- apathy
- disgust
- ennui
- fatigue
- indifference
- lethargy
- monotony
- tedium
- detachment
- distaste
- doldrums
- dullness
- flatness
- lassitude
- listlessness
- sameness
- tediousness
- tiresomeness
- unconcern
- world-weariness
- yawn
- incuriosity
- irksomeness
- jadedness
- lack of interest
- pococurantism
- taedium vitae
On this page you’ll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to boredom, such as: apathy, disgust, ennui, fatigue, indifference, and lethargy.
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As soaring stock markets and boredom have taken over the psyches of those locked in at home, would-be Robinhood challengers are also taking advantage of the times.
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Forced into partnership, in a silent pact, we agreed to compete—to treat our schoolwork like a video game and establish a high score for it, staving off boredom and distracting ourselves from the torments that arrived at the hands of our peers.
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The whole scene breathed boredom, the man embarrassed by the consciousness of his nullity, the woman tired of her dismal visitor.
CAMILLE (LA DAME AUX CAMILIAS)ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILS
Victor d’Arlan examined his fingernails and registered aristocratic boredom.
WE’RE FRIENDS, NOWHENRY HASSE
When her brilliant little face was in repose, it had a new look of fatigue and boredom.
HAPPY HOUSEBETSEY RIDDLE, FREIFRAU VON HUTTEN ZUM STOLZENBERG
Blood and, more than that, a desperate boredom fell upon the light touch.
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WORDS RELATED TO BOREDOM
- annoyance
- anxiety
- aversion
- boredom
- chagrin
- complaint
- desolation
- disappointment
- disapproval
- discomfort
- discontent
- discouragement
- disfavor
- disgruntlement
- disinclination
- dislike
- disliking
- dismay
- displeasure
- disquiet
- disrelish
- distaste
- distress
- ennui
- envy
- exasperation
- fretfulness
- frustration
- heartburn
- hopelessness
- indisposition
- irritation
- lamentation
- malcontent
- malcontentment
- oppression
- querulousness
- regret
- resentment
- trouble
- uneasiness
- unhappiness
- weariness
- worry
- apathy
- black mood
- blahs
- blue funk
- blues
- boredom
- bummer
- dejection
- disinterest
- dismals
- downer
- dullness
- dumps
- ennui
- funk
- gloom
- inactivity
- indifference
- inertia
- lassitude
- letdown
- listlessness
- malaise
- mopes
- slump
- stagnation
- stupor
- tedium
- torpor
- yawn
- aridity
- boredom
- commonplaceness
- drabness
- dreariness
- dryness
- familiarity
- flatness
- insipidity
- insipidness
- lifelessness
- monotomy
- routine
- sameness
- slowness
- staleness
- tediousness
- tedium
- uninterestingness
- vapidity
- aridity
- blandness
- boredom
- commonplaceness
- drabness
- dreariness
- dryness
- familiarity
- flatness
- insipidness
- jejuneness
- lifelessness
- monotomy
- routine
- sameness
- slowness
- staleness
- tediousness
- tedium
- uninterestingness
- vapidity
- vapidness
- washiness
- wateriness
- aridity
- asepticism
- blandness
- boredom
- colorlessness
- commonplaceness
- drabness
- dreariness
- dryness
- familiarity
- flatness
- flavorlessness
- gentility
- innocuousness
- insipidness
- jejuneness
- lifelessness
- mildness
- monotomy
- routine
- sameness
- slowness
- staleness
- sterileness
- sterility
- stodginess
- tediousness
- tedium
- uninterestingness
- vapidity
- vapidness
- weariness
- aridity
- blandness
- boredom
- commonplaceness
- drabness
- dreariness
- dryness
- dullness
- familiarity
- flatness
- innocuousness
- jejuneness
- lifelessness
- monotomy
- routine
- sameness
- slowness
- staleness
- tediousness
- tedium
- uninterestingness
- vapidity
- vapidness
- washiness
- wateriness
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Dorothy Parker:
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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Martin Gore:
When I write love songs, people think they’re really soppy — but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.
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Søren Kierkegaard:
Boredom is the root of all evil—the despairing refusal to be oneself.
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Isaac Asimov:
I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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Clifford Villalon:
There is no boredom or denial of faith in solitude, only privacy of priorities.
Translations for boredom
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- مللّ, مللArabic
- скукаBulgarian
- nudaCzech
- kedsomhedDanish
- LangeweileGerman
- ανία, βαρεμάρα, πλήξηGreek
- enuoEsperanto
- aburrimientoSpanish
- کسالتPersian
- tylsyys, ikävystyminenFinnish
- ennuiFrench
- שִׁעְמוּםHebrew
- बोरियतHindi
- unalomHungarian
- ձանձրույթArmenian
- kebosananIndonesian
- noia, tedioItalian
- שעמוםHebrew
- 退屈Japanese
- მოწყენილობაGeorgian
- 갑갑증, 지루함Korean
- بێزاریKurdish
- garlaiks, garlaicībaLatvian
- bosanMalay
- vervelingDutch
- kjedsomhetNorwegian
- nudaPolish
- aborrecimento, tédioPortuguese
- plictisealăRomanian
- скукаRussian
- dȍsadaSerbo-Croatian
- dolgčasSlovene
- uttråkningSwedish
- ความเบื่อหน่าย, ความเบื่อThai
- can sıkıntısıTurkish
- بوریتUrdu
- buồn tẻ, buồn chán, nỗiVietnamese
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Table of Contents
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n.
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•
- world-weariness,
- the blahs,
- doldrums.
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•
- excite.
• discontentment (noun)
- cheerlessness,
- uneasiness,
- unhappiness,
- discontent,
- irritation,
- displeasure,
- uncomfortableness,
- disquiet,
- exasperation,
- frustration,
- anguish,
- inquietude,
- ennui,
- discomposure,
- non-satisfaction,
- discomfort,
- wretchedness,
- despondence,
- anxiety,
- disgruntlement,
- misery,
- joylessness,
- angst,
- sourness.
• disinterest; weariness (noun)
- taedium vitae,
- flatness,
- distaste,
- disgust,
- detachment,
- Pococurantism,
- sameness,
- yawn,
- jadedness,
- fatigue.
• dissatisfaction (noun)
- dis-likings,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis-favor,
- dis-comfort,
- de solations,
- dis-may,
- dis-favors,
- dis approvals,
- dis quiet,
- dis quiets,
- dis pleasures,
- dis-liking,
- dis mays,
- dis favor,
- dis-tastes,
- dis tresses,
- dis-approvals,
- dis satisfactions,
- dislikings,
- dis taste,
- dis-quiets,
- dis-tresses,
- in-disposition,
- dis-approval,
- un-easiness,
- malcontentments,
- dis-pleasures,
- dis-relish,
- un-easinesses,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-satisfactions,
- dis-tress,
- dis tastes,
- dis pleasure,
- dis relish,
- dis likings,
- un easiness,
- dis favors,
- querulousnesses,
- in disposition,
- fretfulnesses,
- dis approval,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis comfort,
- dis-relishes,
- in dispositions,
- in-dispositions,
- dis comforts,
- dis-inclination,
- dis inclinations,
- dis-mays,
- dis-taste,
- de-solations,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis tress,
- dis relishes,
- dis-comforts,
- dis-quiet,
- de-solation,
- dis may,
- dis inclination,
- de solation,
- dis liking.
• doldrums (noun)
- black mood,
- dismals,
- blahs.
• dullness (noun)
- insipidity,
- vapidness,
- monotomy,
- stodginess,
- uninterestingness,
- jejuneness,
- staleness,
- commonplaceness,
- meagerness,
- vapidity,
- sterileness.
• feeling (noun)
- boredom.
• innocuousness (noun)
- in-nocuousness,
- in nocuousness,
- in-nocuousnesses,
- in nocuousnesses.
• insipidity (noun)
- in sipidity,
- in-sipidity,
- in sipidities,
- colorlessnesses,
- in-sipidities.
• meagerness (noun)
- mono-tony,
- mono tony.
• melancholy (noun)
- gloominesses,
- down trips,
- un-happinesses,
- pensivenesses,
- miserablenesses,
- un-happiness,
- low spirit,
- wistfulnesses,
- un happinesses.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- dissatisfaction,
- irksomeness,
- melancholy,
- colorlessness,
- dreariness,
- lamentation,
- Miserableness,
- gloominess,
- wistfulness,
- tiresomeness,
- malcontentment,
- innocuousness,
- dullness,
- weariness,
- malcontents,
- deadness,
- pensiveness,
- tedium,
- querulousness,
- lack of interest,
- insipidness,
- dolefuls,
- low spirits,
- wearisomeness,
- lifelessness,
- monotony,
- tediousness,
- down trip,
- fretfulness.
• tedium (noun)
- irksomenesses,
- tiresomenesses,
- wearisomenesses,
- deadnesses,
- lack interest.
• weariness (noun)
- depression,
- droopiness,
- blues,
- over-weariness,
- sleepiness,
- exhaustion,
- feebleness,
- faintness,
- footsoreness,
- weakness,
- tiredness,
- flaccidity,
- debilitation.
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Other synonyms:
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- torpor,
- cabin fever,
- the doldrums.
• Other relevant words:
- express,
- droning,
- sombre,
- disregard,
- innervation,
- self-consciousness,
- scantiness,
- inadvertency,
- clumsiness,
- modus operandi,
- tell,
- passiveness,
- old-hat,
- frailness,
- judgment,
- dim,
- blotto,
- leanness,
- vacuum,
- close,
- aversion,
- posit,
- sentiency,
- emotionlessness,
- flavorless,
- uncheerfulness,
- standoffishness,
- commonwealth,
- puffy,
- natural depression,
- sex,
- cockeyed,
- lightsomeness,
- Incuriosity,
- inattention,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- public opinion,
- horrific,
- humor,
- feel,
- thudding,
- withdrawnness,
- drug withdrawal,
- exiguity,
- everydayness,
- annoying,
- retardation,
- vapors,
- debility,
- failing,
- orotund,
- dreadful,
- distance,
- say,
- blunt,
- fussiness,
- dark,
- carefreeness,
- united states department of state,
- disconsolateness,
- unglamourous,
- unhinge,
- rigorousness,
- prolixness,
- country,
- bit,
- severity,
- inconsideration,
- ho-hum,
- poorness,
- triteness,
- amusement,
- stagnancy,
- judgement,
- mindlessness,
- sensation,
- disorder,
- sentience,
- disapproval,
- drear,
- obtuseness,
- function,
- black bile,
- lassitude,
- rigour,
- dire,
- disfavor,
- corn whisky,
- leaden,
- breakup,
- mode,
- laziness,
- politic,
- inconsiderateness,
- anxiousness,
- pie-eyed,
- olive drab,
- pain,
- disinterest,
- torture,
- ponderousness,
- maize,
- sentimentality,
- invariance,
- disquietude,
- irascibility,
- distressingness,
- drippiness,
- ghastliness,
- wear,
- stir,
- malady,
- helplessness,
- energise,
- sentiment,
- ineptness,
- thwarting,
- sour,
- fuddled,
- irritability,
- direful,
- yaw,
- detestation,
- climb-down,
- foiling,
- churn up,
- faintheartedness,
- prosaic,
- unsatisfied,
- dismiss,
- shock,
- gross out,
- mute,
- rigourousness,
- discomfiture,
- salt mine,
- dos,
- smell out,
- sense,
- melancholic,
- signified,
- inadvertence,
- oppressiveness,
- softened,
- nonperformance,
- invariableness,
- lustrelessness,
- besotted,
- horrendous,
- perturb,
- homeliness,
- unthoughtfulness,
- peevishness,
- remoteness,
- wear down,
- shake,
- everyday,
- common sense,
- thoughtlessness,
- outwear,
- shake up,
- gloom,
- semiconsciousness,
- antipathy,
- savourlessness,
- asepsis,
- deadening,
- hurt,
- wear out,
- pique,
- insulation,
- climate,
- sadness,
- persuasion,
- insularism,
- repletion,
- inattentiveness,
- lethargy,
- slackness,
- act,
- wordiness,
- torment,
- tiresome,
- faeces,
- edginess,
- soaked,
- pixilated,
- pall,
- inanition,
- flat,
- antisepsis,
- tread-wheel,
- muffled,
- wear upon,
- ignore,
- mossy,
- muffle,
- turn on,
- plastered,
- nauseate,
- aggravation,
- temper,
- legal opinion,
- jejune,
- crocked,
- meditativeness,
- hackneyed,
- abhorrence,
- contemplativeness,
- good sense,
- savorless,
- planeness,
- dumb,
- vanity,
- phlegm,
- Impassibility,
- bombastic,
- botheration,
- gruesomeness,
- backwardness,
- enfeeblement,
- trite,
- tone down,
- low,
- motionlessness,
- illness,
- percept,
- jade,
- thought,
- stagnation,
- weltschmerz,
- shopworn,
- indifference,
- sober,
- lactating,
- trouble,
- sicken,
- department of state,
- province,
- verbose,
- fearsome,
- deliberation,
- prolixity,
- mood,
- windiness,
- flavourless,
- olive-drab,
- sputum,
- despondency,
- damp,
- mourning,
- agitate,
- listlessness,
- loaded,
- sullenness,
- fatigue duty,
- lament,
- apprehension,
- smashed,
- windy,
- mother wit,
- impuissance,
- sensing,
- blandness,
- number,
- maladroitness,
- muddiness,
- meagreness,
- commonness,
- secession,
- ordure,
- stock,
- clavus,
- fecal matter,
- impatience,
- unaired,
- neglect,
- opinion,
- tired,
- dense,
- workaday,
- abomination,
- nation,
- slovenliness,
- negligence,
- corn whiskey,
- moroseness,
- flavourlessness,
- quotidian,
- lien,
- odium,
- infertility,
- snub,
- feeling,
- muted,
- unchangeability,
- nonchalance,
- laxness,
- soreness,
- brush off,
- fogyish,
- large,
- tumescent,
- severeness,
- luridness,
- awful,
- frailty,
- oscitance,
- lusterlessness,
- airless,
- dreaded,
- wail,
- fidgetiness,
- stoicism,
- feces,
- commove,
- ineptitude,
- smooth,
- tree sloth,
- uneasy,
- mawkishness,
- crossness,
- unhurriedness,
- wateriness,
- quick temper,
- uninterest,
- arouse,
- terrible,
- disengagement,
- vacancy,
- sorry,
- gape,
- great depression,
- economic crisis,
- fag,
- savourless,
- rigor,
- cliche,
- weightiness,
- juvenility,
- discontentment,
- gloomy,
- grogginess,
- moisture,
- daze,
- mental retardation,
- sulkiness,
- perception,
- smell,
- disfavour,
- soupiness,
- cark,
- scantness,
- view,
- fidget,
- procedure,
- stuffiness,
- awkwardness,
- sloppiness,
- declamatory,
- horse sense,
- discount,
- tire,
- slopped,
- plaint,
- fearful,
- choler,
- blind drunk,
- sombreness,
- flavorlessness,
- impassivity,
- timeworn,
- dejectedness,
- slow,
- lugubriousness,
- callowness,
- dingy,
- matte,
- dimness,
- state of matter,
- push aside,
- ungratified,
- spiritlessness,
- charge up,
- depressive disorder,
- obtuse,
- matt,
- stimulate,
- somber,
- apprehensiveness,
- stolidness,
- megrims,
- backdown,
- unemotionality,
- hardship,
- indolence,
- turn,
- deliberateness,
- tire out,
- sensory faculty,
- achromatism,
- apathy,
- treadwheel,
- emotion,
- provocation,
- squiffy,
- fag out,
- Incuriousness,
- fear,
- edible corn,
- pulling out,
- vapid,
- unconcern,
- separation,
- gumption,
- perceptual experience,
- remissness,
- suave,
- modality,
- notion,
- tartness,
- defeat,
- popular opinion,
- execration,
- blue,
- brush aside,
- dowdiness,
- thickness,
- blue devils,
- sozzled,
- wind up,
- limpness,
- annoyance,
- neutrality,
- imprint,
- humdrum,
- slump,
- rouse,
- unglamorous,
- flabbiness,
- bluntness,
- heartsickness,
- put forward,
- revolt,
- soused,
- burdensomeness,
- inanimateness,
- clinical depression,
- sloshed,
- dreaminess,
- state,
- belief,
- brooding,
- onerousness,
- pissed,
- rashness,
- unremarkable,
- moss-grown,
- discontented,
- weary,
- vexation,
- drone,
- jejunity,
- disconcertion,
- boringness,
- monotonic,
- disconsolate,
- long-winded,
- withdrawal method,
- subprogram,
- insularity,
- petulance,
- cut,
- subnormality,
- threadbare,
- numbness,
- energize,
- tight,
- state department,
- charge,
- land,
- mushiness,
- glumness,
- discontentedness,
- acidity,
- wearisome,
- well-worn,
- monotonous,
- subroutine,
- asperity,
- tenuity,
- lowness,
- frightening,
- boring,
- low-spiritedness,
- vapours,
- submit,
- benumb,
- unresponsiveness,
- stillness,
- excitation,
- tumid,
- distract,
- impression,
- humour,
- onanism,
- short temper,
- dismal,
- bm,
- stiff,
- unkemptness,
- sluggish,
- disconcertment,
- tameness,
- mat,
- grim,
- laxity,
- body politic,
- repel,
- mundane,
- ruling,
- lightheartedness,
- numb,
- somberness,
- wordy,
- queasiness,
- downheartedness,
- unchangeableness,
- infirmity,
- unwellness,
- void,
- yawning,
- dampen,
- stool,
- unchangingness,
- drowsiness.
• triteness
- platitude.
How to use «Boredom» in context?
Do you find yourself bored a lot of the time? For some people, boredom is something that they have to manage and deal with. For others, boredom is something that they simply cannot escape. When boredom becomes a problem, it can lead to problems such as impairment in school or work performance, and even depression. Here are some of the reasons why people can be bored:
-There is not enough variety in what you are doing.
-You are not stimulated intellectually or emotionally.
-The environment is not stimulating.
-You are not challenged.
-You don’t have anything to look forward to.
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trouble.
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bore, snag.
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Hyponym for Boredom:
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feeling
dissatisfaction.
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feeling