Bored and Taken up

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Bored adjective - Having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted.

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Taken up is an antonym for bored.

Nearby Words: bore, boring, boredom

Taken up adjective - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.

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Bored is an antonym for taken up in topics: busy, deeply involved with.

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