I'm So Bored!

Verb make pain or hardship less or easier to deal with
When Judy and Peter find a board game in the park, they take it home, hoping to alleviate their boredom.
Adjective showing little or no emotion or animation
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases released surveys today showing that a third of Americans are apathetic about getting their flu shots.
Noun something that is obvious or commonplace
The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
Adjective indifferent to or bored with life
It is double-take time for the blase New York types who do not pay much attention to what is in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Nine massive stone statues by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone have arrived.
Phrase to be very nervous, anxious, bored, or excited
Annoying people can make you feel like you're about to "climb the wall." Can you imagine a couch wanting to do the same thing!
Verb respond to something in a way that makes it less effective
Disney can now monitor wait-time gradations in lines at their parks. When a jam is spotted, they can deploy entertainers to the area to counter the boredom of those waiting.
Adjective lacking excitement, energy, or passion
Following his lackluster performances, Rooney has faced stinging criticism for failing to live up to expectations, but still refuses to use tiredness or injury as an excuse.
Noun tiring lack of variety
Waiting around for someone else to give birth can be a slow and tedious marathon of an experience. But for the photographers on royal baby-watch outside St. Mary’s Hospital, the monotony has entered another stratosphere.
Phrase make something less strong, active, or exciting
put a damper on
Server overloads put a damper on Marvel's plans to give away 700 of its #1 comics. Instead, the promotion has been put off to ensure everyone gets their share.
Noun open your mouth wide while taking in breath usually because you are tired or bored
A lioness lets out a mighty yawn to shake away the sleep. Soon after she walked away in the familiar swagger of a confident hunter and took up position under the bushes.