Emotions / A2

BORD/bɔːd/

Bored is how you feel when nothing is interesting: I am bored. It describes a person, not the thing that causes the feeling. Boring describes the thing: a boring lesson makes you bored. Use bored with / bored of in everyday British English. Do not say “I am boring” unless you mean you make other people tired.

Meaning

Feeling tired and unhappy because something is not interesting.

Examples

• “The students felt bored during the long speech.”
• “He gets bored on long car journeys.”
• “I was bored with the same game every evening.”

Good to know

a person is bored. a film/lesson is boring. bored with / of.

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