boredom

«boredom» in Mova's school dictionary: The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (boredom — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing interesting to do or are not interested in what you are doing. tree →

sense 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 →
• On long car trips, boredom sets in. tree →
• He doodled out of boredom. tree →
• Boredom can spark great ideas. tree →
• The cat chewed the rug from boredom. tree →
• We made a list of boredom busters for rainy days. tree →

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."

In the corpora

• Boredom is often the start of creativity.
• Boredom is the start of creativity: a rainy day with no screen can become a den, a story or a cake.
• Feelings like jealousy, boredom and excitement are normal.
• Boredom is not a problem to fix with a screen.
• Even boredom is useful.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boredom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.