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Word entry · 7 letters

boredom

Best crossword clue

"Lack of interest"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɔː.dəm/Part of speech nounSorted bdemoorStarts with BEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2O3R4E5D6O7M

Definitions

  1. the feeling of being bored by something tedious

Word origin

From bore + -dom.

Used in a sentence

  • [O]nly last Sunday, my Lady, in the desolation of Boredom and the clutch of Giant Despair, almost hated her own maid for being in spirits.
  • Yet that earlier characterization was of a kind of boredom that can be portrayed as resembling acedia; that is, a boredom that I can be held responsible for, either in its genesis or its persistence.
  • See more citations at boredoms.

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