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How to pronounce boredom in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ennui, tedium
Type of dissatisfaction
Has types blahs, fatigue

Examples of boredom

boredom
If you can bear to watch this trailer then your boredom threshold is astounding.
From the hecklerspray.com
Some blame the Car of Tomorrow and the droning boredom of Fontana's early races.
From the ocregister.com
If it's out of boredom and the challenge of building a winner, I might buy that.
From the dailyherald.com
There was a bit of boredom too as it was just training and not much else really.
From the metro.co.uk
Standard fair that you watch for ten minutes then turn off out of sheer boredom.
From the techcrunch.com
The helium-voiced critters warble at regular intervals to stave off our boredom.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
On garrison duty with little to do, he turned to alcohol to relieve the boredom.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Boredom saw him take up bobsleighing as it did not require much use of his legs.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Unlike summer break, the winter vacation from school can induce extreme boredom.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • The feeling of being bored by something tedious
  • Boredom is an emotional state experienced during periods lacking activity or when individuals are uninterested in their surroundings. ...
  • 1) Mindless, listless tedium, brought on by a lack of stimulation or a lack of imagination; 2) The primary social disease of college life, often cured by TV or video games or pharmaceuticals or fun.
  • Is the mild discomfort that drives people for a variety in experiences.
  • (1) the desire for desires. (2) what happens when we lose contact with the Universe.
  • (2004). (Noia, 1960.) New York Review Books Classics (ISBN 1-59017-121-7). (Introduction by W.W.; trans. by Angus Davidson.)
  • Sometimes the hacker is drawn in due to boredom. Either a lack of interest or lack of challenge in their job or school will provide the motivation to seek hacker activities. ...