bored
/bɔːd/adjective
उच्चारण बॉड
ऊबा हुआ, उकताया हुआ, बोर
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~ (with sb/sth) | ~ (with doing sth)
feeling tired and impatient because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do
ऊबा हुआ, उकताया हुआ, बोर
- The children were bored with the long speech.
- I am bored with doing the same sums every day.
- a bored expression
+ 3 more examples
- I was bored during the long journey, so I read a magazine.
- The children grew bored of the same game.
- He sat there looking bored while the others chatted.
Synonyms fed up weary uninterested restless jaded
Opposite interested excited engaged absorbed
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
be bored + with / of + noun
Be bored with or of names what makes you lose interest. With is more common in British English; of is also correct.
'Be bored with' या 'of' से पता चलता है कि किस चीज़ से रुचि चली गई; British English में 'with' अधिक आम है, 'of' भी सही है।
- The children were bored with the long speech.
- I am bored of watching the same serial.
bored (feeling) vs boring (cause)
Bored describes the person who feels it; boring describes the thing that causes it. Mixing them is a very common mistake.
'Bored' उस व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है जो ऊब महसूस करता है और 'boring' उस चीज़ का जो ऊब पैदा करती है; दोनों को मिलाना बहुत आम गलती है।
- The students were bored because the lecture was boring.
get bored / feel bored / look bored
Get bored shows change; feel and look are used for the state and its appearance.
'Get bored' बदलाव दिखाता है; 'feel' और 'look' स्थिति और उसके बाहरी रूप के लिए आते हैं।
- Radhika gets bored easily during long train journeys.
- He looked bored in the back row.
bored stiff / bored to tears / bored to death
These fixed phrases make the meaning stronger and are informal.
ये स्थिर वाक्यांश अर्थ को अधिक प्रबल करते हैं और अनौपचारिक हैं।
- I was bored stiff at the wedding reception.
+Collocations 4
adverb + bored
verytotallyutterlyslightlyeasily
- The passengers were utterly bored by the delay.
verb + bored
getlookfeelbecomeseem
- He seemed bored during the meeting.
bored + with / of / by
with studyingof waitingwith the jobby the speech
- She was bored with the same routine.
bored + noun
lookvoiceexpressionaudiencechildren
- He gave a bored yawn.
“More examples 5
- The students got bored when the teacher kept repeating the same point.
जब अध्यापक वही बात दोहराते रहे तो विद्यार्थी ऊब गए।
- Radhika was bored with her old phone and bought a new one.
राधिका अपने पुराने फ़ोन से ऊब गई थी, इसलिए उसने नया फ़ोन ले लिया।
- Bored children began drawing on the desk during the long meeting.
लंबी बैठक के दौरान ऊबे हुए बच्चे डेस्क पर चित्र बनाने लगे।
- I was bored stiff by the third hour of the lecture.
व्याख्यान के तीसरे घंटे तक मैं बुरी तरह ऊब चुका था।
- The old man looked bored as he waited at the bank.
बैंक में प्रतीक्षा करते हुए वृद्ध ऊबे हुए दिख रहे थे।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The film was bored.
✓ The film was boring.
The film causes the feeling, so use boring.
फ़िल्म ऊब पैदा करती है, इसलिए 'boring' लगाइए।
✗ I am boring in the class.
✓ I am bored in the class.
The person who feels it is bored.
ऊब महसूस करने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए 'bored' आता है।
✗ He is bored from this work.
✓ He is bored with this work.
Use with or of after bored, not from.
'Bored' के बाद 'with' या 'of' आता है, 'from' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Bored, tired and fed up all describe low mood, but only bored means lack of interest.
तीनों उदासी की स्थितियाँ हैं, पर केवल 'bored' रुचि की कमी बताता है।
Lacking interest because nothing seems new or exciting.
कुछ नया या रोचक न लगने से रुचि की कमी।
- The class was bored by the long lecture.
Needing rest because of effort or lack of sleep.
परिश्रम या नींद की कमी के कारण आराम की ज़रूरत।
- She was tired after the long journey.
Informal; annoyed and unwilling to bear something any longer.
अनौपचारिक; खीझा हुआ और अब और सहने को तैयार नहीं।
- I am fed up with the noise.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
bored or boring?
Bored describes the person who feels no interest: 'I am bored.' Boring describes the thing that causes the feeling: 'a boring lecture'. 'I am boring' means that you make others bored. The same pattern runs through interested/interesting, excited/exciting and tired/tiring. Bored takes with or by, not 'of' in formal English.
Bored उस व्यक्ति के लिए है जिसे रुचि न हो: 'I am bored'। Boring उस चीज़ के लिए जो यह भाव पैदा करे: 'a boring lecture'। 'I am boring' का अर्थ है कि आप दूसरों को bore करते हैं। यही pattern interested/interesting, excited/exciting और tired/tiring में है। Formal English में bored के साथ with या by आता है, 'of' नहीं।
The bored/boring pair is one of the most-tested error-spotting items; so is the preposition: bored with or by (not 'bored of').
Bored और boring की जोड़ी सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे जाने वाले items में है; preposition भी: bored with या by ('bored of' नहीं)।
Homophone: bored and board (a plank; a committee) sound the same.
Homophone: bored और board (तख़्ता; समिति) की ध्वनि एक जैसी है।