boredom

/ˈbɔrdəm/

/ˈbɔdəm/

Other forms: boredoms

Boredom can make you do crazy things, like watching terrible old game shows on television or eating the bag of chocolate chips you find in the freezer. The feeling of being bored or uninterested in what you're doing is boredom.

Everyone experiences boredom sometimes. The feeling that nothing catches your interest, that everything's dull and flat, sums up the state of boredom. Too much time on your hands can result in boredom, and so can the tediousness of doing the same thing over and over again, like a dreary task at a job. The word boredom comes from something called a "boring tool", a kind of drill that works slowly and repetitively; around 1768, bore, meaning "be tiresome," became a popular slang term, and boredom followed.

Definitions of boredom

1. noun

   the feeling of being bored by something tedious
   synonyms: ennui, tedium

   types:

   blahs

   a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction

   fatigue

   (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something

   type of:

   dissatisfaction

   the feeling of being displeased and discontent