bored

• Ressentant de l'ennui, de la lassitude ou de l'impatience faute d'occupation ou d'intérêt pour l'activité en cours.

Feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity.

1. Feeling weary or uninterestedA1formal

   Feeling tired and uninterested because something is not exciting or engaging.

   ennuyé

   • I was bored during the long lecture.
   • The children got bored with the game after an hour.
   • She felt bored staying at home all day.

   Synonymesdullfed upjadedlistlesstireduninterestedweary

   Antonymesengagedentertainedexcitedfascinatedinterested

2. Lacking stimulationA2informal

   Experiencing a lack of mental or physical stimulation.

   Ennuyé (manque de stimulation)

   • He's bored with his routine job.
   • They were bored of watching the same movie again.
   • I'm bored of waiting for the bus every morning.

   Synonymesenervatedfed uplistlessrestlesstireduninspireduninterestedweary

   Antonymesengagedentertainedexcitedinterestedstimulated

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de causer chez quelqu'un un sentiment d'ennui ou de lassitude, ou pour créer un trou en perçant.

A verb used to indicate the act of making someone feel uninterested or weary, or to make a hole by drilling.

verbe irrégulier

1. Cause to be boredB1formal

   To make someone feel weary or uninterested because of tediousness or lack of stimulation.

   Ennuyer

   • The long lecture bored the students.
   • He bored his friends with endless stories about his trip.
   • The repetitive task bored her after a while.

   Synonymesfatiguejadetireweary

   Antonymesamusecaptivateengageentertainexcitefascinateinterestintrigue

2. Make a holeB1formal

   To create a hole in something using a tool, such as a drill or a pointed instrument.

   percer

   • The carpenter bored a hole in the wood for the screw.
   • They bored through the rock to build the tunnel.
   • He bored a small hole in the wall to hang the picture.

   Synonymesburrdrillperforatepiercepunctureream

   Antonymesfillplugsealstop