American English
/ˈbɔɹ.ɾm̩/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
The unpleasant feeling you have when nothing is interesting or when you have nothing interesting to do.
In natural American English, the /d/ in “boredom” may sound like a quick /ɾ/, and the final syllable can be very short: /ˈbɔɹ.ɾm̩/.
The unpleasant feeling you have when nothing is interesting or when you have nothing interesting to do.
The long wait caused a lot of boredom.
She reads to escape boredom.
relieve boredom · fight boredom · intense boredom · boredom sets in
boredom from doing something
boredom with something
because there is nothing interesting to do
He called me out of boredom.
be extremely bored
I nearly died of boredom during the meeting.
Usually say “boredom,” not “a boredom.”