Boredom
noun
The feeling of being uninterested and tired because something is not exciting or too repetitive.
She left the party early out of boredom.
Often appears as...
- die of boredom
- intense boredom
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Disapproving
noun
The feeling of being uninterested and tired because something is not exciting or too repetitive.
She left the party early out of boredom.
Often appears as...
- die of boredom
- intense boredom
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Temporal States
Boredom is a temporary feeling that passes, unlike personality traits which are permanent.
His boredom vanished once he found an interesting book to read.
Pro Tip 2/3Boredom Signals
Expressing boredom can signal that you want change or stimulation, it's a way to communicate dissatisfaction.
She yawned to show her boredom during the long lecture.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perceptions
In some cultures, showing boredom can be seen as rude or impolite, especially in formal settings.
He tried to hide his boredom at the dinner to be polite.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporal States
Boredom is a temporary feeling that passes, unlike personality traits which are permanent.
His boredom vanished once he found an interesting book to read.
Pro Tip 2/3Boredom Signals
Expressing boredom can signal that you want change or stimulation, it's a way to communicate dissatisfaction.
She yawned to show her boredom during the long lecture.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perceptions
In some cultures, showing boredom can be seen as rude or impolite, especially in formal settings.
He tried to hide his boredom at the dinner to be polite.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporal States
Boredom is a temporary feeling that passes, unlike personality traits which are permanent.
His boredom vanished once he found an interesting book to read.
Pro Tip 2/3Boredom Signals
Expressing boredom can signal that you want change or stimulation, it's a way to communicate dissatisfaction.
She yawned to show her boredom during the long lecture.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perceptions
In some cultures, showing boredom can be seen as rude or impolite, especially in formal settings.
He tried to hide his boredom at the dinner to be polite.
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Tech's Impact On Young...
is that we're not allowing enough of that time. Because it's so easy to just pull out your phone and check the news or whatever. It doesn't matter. It stifles your ability to live within boredom. And boredom is important, because boredom then clicks in the creative activities. We don't allow ourselves to get bored anymore.
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
Some of them told me that they didn't recognize some of the emotions that they felt during challenge week, because, if you think about it, if you have never known life without connectivity, you may never have experienced boredom. And there could be consequences.
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A glimpse of life on the...
I would one day run away. From the age of six on, I kept a packed bag with some clothes and cans of food tucked away in the back of a closet. There was a deep restlessness in me, a primal fear that I would fall prey to a life of routine and boredom.
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Why do we love? A...
Yet, dependence on another to justify our existence easily leads to boredom and power games. To avoid this trap, Beauvoir advised loving authentically, which is more like a great friendship. Lovers support each other in discovering themselves,
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Arunachalam Muruganantham...
immediately you want to make, convert into this. I never did this. I dropped it just like this, because you do this, if anyone runs after money, their life will not any beauty. It is boredom. A lot of people making a lot of money, billion,
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How to inspire every...
Out of sheer boredom, I asked to be switched into another class. The next semester, I joined advanced English. We read two novels and wrote two book reports that semester. The drastic difference and rigor between these two English classes
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Why should you read...
Tragically, the characters are locked in an existential they wait in vain for an unknown figure to give them a sense of purpose, but their only sense of purpose comes from the act of waiting, While they wait, they sink into boredom,
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Andrew McAfee: Are...
but that just doesn't need a lot of human workers. And managing that transition is going to be the greatest challenge that our society faces. Voltaire summarized why; he said, "Work saves us from three great boredom, vice and need."
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The history of human...
some troubadours didn't see yawning as caused by tiredness or boredom like we do today, but thought it a symbol of the deepest love? Or that in that same period, brave men -- knights --
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Rethinking infidelity...
Is it a hookup, a love story, paid sex, a chat room, a massage with a happy ending? Why do we think that men cheat out of boredom and fear of intimacy,
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Tech's Impact On Young...
is that we're not allowing enough of that time. Because it's so easy to just pull out your phone and check the news or whatever. It doesn't matter. It stifles your ability to live within boredom. And boredom is important, because boredom then clicks in the creative activities. We don't allow ourselves to get bored anymore.
Video examples
How Boredom Can Lead to...
Some of them told me that they didn't recognize some of the emotions that they felt during challenge week, because, if you think about it, if you have never known life without connectivity, you may never have experienced boredom. And there could be consequences.
Video examples
A glimpse of life on the...
I would one day run away. From the age of six on, I kept a packed bag with some clothes and cans of food tucked away in the back of a closet. There was a deep restlessness in me, a primal fear that I would fall prey to a life of routine and boredom.
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
Yet, dependence on another to justify our existence easily leads to boredom and power games. To avoid this trap, Beauvoir advised loving authentically, which is more like a great friendship. Lovers support each other in discovering themselves,
Video examples
Arunachalam Muruganantham...
immediately you want to make, convert into this. I never did this. I dropped it just like this, because you do this, if anyone runs after money, their life will not any beauty. It is boredom. A lot of people making a lot of money, billion,
Video examples
How to inspire every...
Out of sheer boredom, I asked to be switched into another class. The next semester, I joined advanced English. We read two novels and wrote two book reports that semester. The drastic difference and rigor between these two English classes
Video examples
Why should you read...
Tragically, the characters are locked in an existential they wait in vain for an unknown figure to give them a sense of purpose, but their only sense of purpose comes from the act of waiting, While they wait, they sink into boredom,
Video examples
Andrew McAfee: Are...
but that just doesn't need a lot of human workers. And managing that transition is going to be the greatest challenge that our society faces. Voltaire summarized why; he said, "Work saves us from three great boredom, vice and need."
Video examples
The history of human...
some troubadours didn't see yawning as caused by tiredness or boredom like we do today, but thought it a symbol of the deepest love? Or that in that same period, brave men -- knights --
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
Is it a hookup, a love story, paid sex, a chat room, a massage with a happy ending? Why do we think that men cheat out of boredom and fear of intimacy,
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.
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Coco Chanel
French Designer
Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.
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Jean Baudrillard
French Sociologist
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
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Cecil Beaton
English Photographer
Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.
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Peter Straub
American Writer
If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.
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Anatole France
French Novelist
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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Madame de Stael
French Writer
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
Boredom means you develop your own interior life.
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George Harrison
British Musician
The Beatles saved the world from boredom.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.
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Coco Chanel
French Designer
Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.
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Jean Baudrillard
French Sociologist
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
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Cecil Beaton
English Photographer
Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.
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Peter Straub
American Writer
If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.
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Anatole France
French Novelist
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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Madame de Stael
French Writer
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
Boredom means you develop your own interior life.
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George Harrison
British Musician
The Beatles saved the world from boredom.
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