Definition of 'bored'
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
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British English: bored
/bɔːd/ ADJECTIVE
If you are bored, you feel tired and impatient because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do.
I got bored with my job as a travel agent.
- American English: bored /ˈbɔrd/
- Arabic: مَلول
- Brazilian Portuguese: entediado
- Chinese: 无聊的
- Croatian: kojem je dosadno
- Czech: unuděný
- Danish: kede (sig)
- Dutch: verveeld
- European Spanish: aburrido
- Finnish: ikävystynyt
- French: ennuyé
- German: gelangweilt
- Greek: αισθανόμενος ανία
- Italian: annoiato
- Japanese: 退屈した
- Korean: 지루한
- Norwegian: uinteressert
- Polish: znudzony
- European Portuguese: aborrecido
- Romanian: plictisit
- Russian: скучающий
- Latin American Spanish: estar aburrido
- Swedish: uttråkad
- Thai: รู้สึกเบื่อ
- Turkish: canı sıkılmış
- Ukrainian: знуджений
- Vietnamese: chán
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