bone-tired en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Very tired; so tired one feels it in one’s bones.
Having escaped from the Lac-house in Varanavat after setting fire to it, when the Pandavas, along with their mother Kunti, reached across the Ganga, they were bone-tired and thirsty.
1998, B. K. Chaturvedi, Eklavya, page 38:However, if you are like many college students and day after day you don't get sufficient sleep or you live under constant stress, you are likely to feel unrelentingly worn out and bone tired.
2009, Gordon Edlin, Eric Golanty, Health and Wellness:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bone tired | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more bone-tired | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most bone-tired | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
shagged · worn out · exhausted · tired out · zonked · tuckered out · bleareyed · done up · jiggered · out of gas · forfairn · shagged out · languid · wrecked · pooped out · stuffed · wappened · bone-tired · done · tired · banjaxed · bleary · enervated · run-down · tuckered · fucked · fried · fatigued · Kerry Packered · nadgered · bleary-eyed · heavyeyed · knackered · worn · spent · knacked · busted · sleepy · fagged out · pumped · gassed · weary · played out · shot · done in · whacked · beat · bushed · shattered · whipped · jaded · dead tired · weariful · drained · pooped · forlagen · forworn · cream crackered · washed out · dog-weary · dog-tired · buggered