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boredom
CIDE DICTIONARY
boredom, n.
- The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- The realm of bores; bores, collectively. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
boredom
acedia, aloofness, angst, anguish, anxiety, apathy, boredness, carelessness, cheerlessness, detachment, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, disgust, disinterest, disinterestedness, dislike, dispiritedness, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distaste, doldrums, dread, dreariness, drowsiness, dullness, emptiness, enervation, ennui, existential woe, fatigue, fed-upness, flatness, grimness, heaviness, hebetude, heedlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, inanimation, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, indifferentism, indifferentness, inquietude, insouciance, intellectual inertia, jadedness, joylessness, lack of interest, lack of pleasure, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, lenitude, lentor, lethargy, life-weariness, lifelessness, listlessness, malaise, melancholy, monotony, nausea, nongratification, nonsatisfaction, oscitancy, painfulness, passivity, phlegm, regardlessness, satedness, satiation, satiety, savorlessness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, somnolence, spleen, staleness, stolidity, stupefaction, stupor, supineness, taedium vitae, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, uncomfortableness, unconcern, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, uninquisitiveness, uninterestedness, unmindfulness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, vexation of spirit, wearifulness, weariness, withdrawal, world-weariness, yawnROGET THESAURUS
boredom
Weariness
N weariness, defatigation, lassitude, drowsiness, disgust, nausea, loathing, sickness, satiety, taedium vitae, boredom, ennui, wearisomeness, tediousness, dull work, tedium, monotony, twice-told tale, bore, buttonholer, proser, wet blanket, pill, stiff, heavy hours, the enemy (time), wearying, wearing, wearisome, tiresome, irksome, uninteresting, stupid, bald, devoid of interest, dry, monotonous, dull, arid, tedious, humdrum, mortal, flat, prosy, prosing, slow, soporific, somniferous, disgusting, unenjoyed, weary, tired, drowsy, uninterested, flagging, used up, worn out, blase, life-weary, weary of life, sick of, wearily, usque ad nauseam, time hanging heavily on one's hands, toujours perdrix, crambe repetita.Incuriosity
N incuriosity, incuriousness, insouciance, indifference, lack of interest, disinterest, boredom, ennui (weariness), satiety, foreknowledge (foresight), incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent, impassive, uninterested, detached, aloof.For further exploring for "boredom" in Webster Dictionary Online