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[ adjective ] tired of the world
Synonyms Examples "bored with life" "strolled through the museum with a bored air" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)But he was not bored at_all ; he had found his style quite early in his career and he thought it quite wonderful that the world admired it , and he could not imagine why he should alter it . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
Synonyms Examples "his blase indifference" "a petulent blase air" "the bored gaze of the successful film star" Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)Could it be that it speeded_up for the aged in some mysterious way , as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get_it_over_with ? Related terms |
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