Learn more. (Mary E. Braddon, All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. boredom definition: 1. the state of being bored: 2. the state of being bored: 3. when you are bored: .
(lack of interest) ennui nm nom masculin : s'utilise avec les articles "le", "l'" (devant une voyelle ou un h muet), "un" . "Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention and irreclaimable weakness of character" [James Bridie Mr. Bolfry] "One can be bored until boredom becomes the most sublime of all emotions" [Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts ] boredom n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 to make (someone) feel tired and uninterested, by being dull His officers affected a superiority over the rest of us, but the To him there was no romance in his gorgeous career, no deeds of daring, no thrills--nothing but a gray sameness and infinite None will ever be a true Parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaiety over his sorrows and one of sadness, The dead languages were taught with such thoroughness that an old boy seldom thought of Homer or Virgil in after life without a qualm of Prince Andrew watched the commander in chief's face attentively, and the only expression he could see there was one of And now, pale and cold, the man who had gripped his fingers then and held on to them like a vise, seemed to find nothing except a slight I am sure that all his muscular person must have suffered from awful physical Such a monkey trick looks like mere madness, but I suppose he was mad, partly with the He had given up attending lectures out of sheer boredom. See more. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.