Quotations
"Boredom: the desire for desires"
"Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention and irreclaimable weakness of character"
"One can be bored until boredom becomes the most sublime of all emotions"
"Boredom is...a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it"
Translations
- British English:
boredom
Boredom is the state of being bored.She's terrified of boredom – she wants to see new places all the time.ˈbɔːdəm NOUN She's terrified of boredom – she wants to see new places all the time. - Spanish:
aburrimiento
nm
- French:
ennui
nm
- German:
Langeweile
nf
- Chinese: 厌倦 n
- Arabic: سَأْم n
- Portuguese: tédio nm
- Russian: скука nf
- Croatian: dosada nf
- Czech: nuda nf
- Danish: kedsomhed nutr
- Dutch: verveling nf
- Finnish: tylsyys n
- Greek: ανία nf
- Italian: noia nf
- Japanese: 退屈 n
- Korean: 지루함 n
- Norwegian: kjedsomhet nnt
- Polish: nuda nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: tédio nm
- European Spanish:
aburrimiento
nm
- Swedish: långtråkighet nutr
- Thai: ความเบื่อ n
- Turkish: can sıkıntısı n
- Vietnamese: sự buồn tẻ n
Usage examples
She sipped her glass of white wine with studied boredom , hoping that by being enigmatic she would intrigue Keating.
, A Song at Twilight (1989)This is the living room and entertainment center, where I declare jihad on boredom !
Maxim (2004)Some say her total number of victims was close to 20. Her motive was insurance money, and occasionally boredom with a tiresome husband.
Toronto Sun (2003)It's a safer way of beating boredom than picking up strange men for sex.
Sun, News of the World (2000)Leisure time as such may have been seen as idle time, a positive encouragement to the noonday demon of boredom.
, Treasure in the Field (1993)