Bored
/bɔːd/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Bored
verb
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- To make a hole through something.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
"An insect bores into a tree."
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
"to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole"
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
"to bore one's way through a crowd"
adjective
- Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do
- Uninterested, without attention
"The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem"
- Perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)
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