bored to tears — Bored beyond endurance • • • Main Entry: ↑tear * * * bored ˈstiff | bored to ˈdeath/ˈtears | bored out of your ˈmind idiom extremely bored Main entry: ↑boredidiom … Useful english dictionary
bored to tears — (distraction/death/silly) If you find something so dull and uninteresting that it makes you sad enough to cry, you are bored to tears. I could see that my son was bored to tears by the historical documentary … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
be bored to tears — be bored to death/tears informal, informal to be very bored. The speeches went on for an hour. I was bored to death … New idioms dictionary
bored — [ bɔrd ] adjective ** 1. ) feeling impatient or dissatisfied, because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do. If you want to say you are extremely bored, you can say you are bored stiff/rigid/silly or bored to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bored — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, grow ▪ Some children get bored very quickly … Collocations dictionary
bored */*/ — UK [bɔː(r)d] / US [bɔrd] adjective Collocations: Bored describes how you feel: I hated school, and I was always bored. ♦ He is clearly bored with his job. Boring describes things or situations that make you feel bored: I always found school very… … English dictionary
bored — Synonyms and related words: aloof, anguished, anxious, apathetic, benumbed, blase, bored stiff, bored to death, bored to tears, careless, cheerless, dead, debilitated, depressed, detached, disgusted, disinterested, distant, dopey, dormant, droopy … Moby Thesaurus
bored — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wearied, fatigued, uninterested, jaded, dull, irked, annoyed, ennuy? (French), blas?, world weary, bored to death, bored to tears*, in a rut*, sick and tired*, bored stiff*, fed up*; see also tired . Ant. exhilarated,… … English dictionary for students
bored — adj 1. weary, tired, sick of, worn out, fagged out, exhausted; buttonholed, bored stiff, bored to tears, bored to death; annoyed, irritated, irked, exasperated, Sl. fed to the gills, Sl. fed up; jaded, hardened, inured. 2. indifferent,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
bored — S3 [bo:d US bo:rd] adj tired and impatient because you do not think something is interesting, or because you have nothing to do ▪ He was easily bored. ▪ After a while I got bored and left. bored with ▪ Are you bored with your present job? bored… … Dictionary of contemporary English
