Boredom and Want

Boredom

Boredom noun - The state of being bored.

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Want and boredom are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a noun "Boredom".

Nearby Word: bored

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Boredom and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boredom" instead a noun "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

old	old boredom	old want
complete	complete boredom	complete want
total	total boredom	total want
mild	mild boredom	mild want
Other adjectives: extreme, great, absolute, lost, desperate.

People from Earth practice interplanary travel either out of boredom at the airport or as tourists who want to spend their holidays on a particular plane.

Source: Literature / Changing Planes
Fishing Minigame: It will make you want to gouge your eyes out with boredom, and is full of Guide Dang It moments.

Source: Video Game / Digimon World
He's Back: Mike recently began resuming his Let's Play of "Julians Quest" out of boredom and a way to waste time now after originally saying he didn't want to do LP's anymore.

Source: Lets Play / Nnemonic

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