Antonyms for boredom


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bawr-duhm, bohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɔr dəm, ˈboʊr-


Definition of boredom

Origin :
  • "state of being bored," 1852, from bore (v.1) + -dom. It also has been employed in a sense "bores as a class" (1883) and "practice of being a bore" (1864, a sense properly belonging to boreism, 1833).
  • noun disinterest; weariness
Example sentences :
  • And all the while he stood there quietly beside Evadna, his attitude almost that of boredom.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Well, there will be no boredom at Dauvergne's if he ingratiates himself with actresses.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I hoped that under the bullets of the Chechenes boredom could not exist—a vain hope!
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • His courtesy, his smartness, his anecdotes, his reminiscences were all Boredom.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • Why, the moments of boredom, of weariness, of dissatisfaction.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • The boredom came later, when we lived together on board his ship.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • "I do," said Cassy, to whom a room with this man said only boredom and who liked to see what was going on.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • The worst of the boredom was that it promised to last without limit.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • But the most general expression was one of indifference and boredom.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
  • For Philip's boredom and his desire had humbled him even to the asking for this.
  • Extract from : « The Magic City » by Edith Nesbit

Synonyms for boredom

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