boredom
/ˈbɔː.dəm/ · bor·dom
noun
- The state of being bored. She felt a deep sense of boredom during the endless lecture.
- An instance or period of being bored; a bored state. The long waiting room was a perfect example of boredom.
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Did you know? The word 'boredom' only entered English in the 1850s, but the concept was famously explored earlier by philosophers such as Schopenhauer, who called it 'the most dreadful of all evils.'