Feeling tired and unhappy because nothing interesting is happening or you have nothing to do.
From the verb “to bore,” meaning to weary or tire, which developed in English in the 18th century. Earlier “bore” meant to drill a hole, and the sense of something wearing a hole in your patience helped create the modern meaning.
Think of being bored like your mind having a hole drilled in it by dullness. The same word that once meant drilling wood now describes drilling your interest away.
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