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for boredom
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Boredom \Bore"dom\, n.
1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.
--Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
boredom
n : the feeling of being bored by something tedious [syn: ennui,
tedium]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, yawn
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