different between cynical vs bored

English

Etymology

Originated 1580–90 from cynic +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?k?l/
• Homophone: sinical

Adjective

cynical (comparative more cynical, superlative most cynical)

1. Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
2. Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
3. Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.

   • He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark-for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.

4. Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.

   • When he, at Neergard's cynical suggestion, had consented to exploit his own club […] and had consented to resign from it to do so, he had every reason to believe that Neergard meant to either mulct them heavily or buy them out. In either case, having been useful to Neergard, his profits from the transaction would have been considerable.

5. (medicine, rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.

Translations

References

• “cynical”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “cynical” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "cynical" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
• cynical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• calycin

English

Etymology

bore +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /bo(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophone: board; baud, bawd (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

bored

1. simple past tense and past participle of bore

Adjective

bored (comparative more bored, superlative most bored)

1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

   The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.

2. Perforated by a hole or holes.

Translations

Derived terms

• be bored, Thesaurus:be bored
• boredly
• boredness
• unbored

(Expressions):

• bored out of one's brains
• bored out of one's mind
• bored out of one's tree
• bored stiff
• bored to tears

Related terms

• bore, bore out
• boredom
• boring
• unbore

See also

• ennui
• ennuyé

Anagrams

• Brode, brode, orbed, robed