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# boredom

noun (boredom — uncountable)

«boredom» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing interesting to do or are not interested in what you are doing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#m1)

### In the lessons

In feelings lessons, boredom is a normal feeling; it can make us creative, like inventing games or drawing. In stories, a bored character often goes looking for adventure or trouble. Phrases: out of boredom, die of boredom, beat boredom, boredom buster.

### Examples

- I read a book to beat the boredom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x1)
- On long car trips, boredom sets in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x2)
- He doodled out of boredom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x3)
- Boredom can spark great ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x4)
- The cat chewed the rug from boredom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x5)
- We made a list of boredom busters for rainy days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: "boredom", not "a boredom". It comes from "bored" + "-dom". Do not confuse "bored" (feeling no interest) with "boring" (causing that feeling): "I am bored because the film is boring."

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boredom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boredom/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boredom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boredom.html) on Mova free.