BE SCARED / BORED WITLESS

Meaning of BE SCARED / BORED WITLESS in English

( informal ) to be extremely frightened or bored

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BORED — gilaay;laay
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WITLESS — adjective Date: before 12th century destitute of wit or understanding ; foolish , mentally deranged ; crazy , ~ly adverb …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCARED — adjective Date: 1579 thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WITLESS — ˈwitlə̇s adjective Etymology: Middle English witles, from Old English witlēas, from wit (II) + -lēas -less 1. : destitute of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCARED — adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: from past participle of scare (I) : thrown into or living in a state of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BORED — adjective Etymology: from past participle of bore (VII) : filled with or characterized by boredom had never been more bored …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WITLESS — (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.
Английский словарь Webster
SCARED — (imp. & p. p.) of Scare
Английский словарь Webster
BORED — (imp. & p. p.) of Bore
Английский словарь Webster
WITLESS — ( a. ) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Scare
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BORED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Bore
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WITLESS — — witlessly , adv. — witlessness , n. /wit"lis/ , adj. lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish. [ bef. 1000; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WITLESS — adj. lacking intelligence, silly, stupid, foolish, doltish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCARED — adj. frightened, fearful
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BORED — adj. weary, disinterested
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WITLESS — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. : destitute of wit or understanding : foolish 2. : mentally deranged : crazy …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCARED — Date: 1579 : thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic scared of snakes scared to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WITLESS — adj destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.
Webster English vocab
SCARED — impf & ·p.p. of scare.
Webster English vocab
BORED — impf & ·p.p. of bore.
Webster English vocab
WITLESS — ■ adjective foolish; stupid. Derivatives ~ly adverb ~ness noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
BORED — ■ adjective weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in something. Usage The normal constructions for ~ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WITLESS — [wit.less] adj (bef. 12c) 1: destitute of wit or understanding: foolish 2: mentally deranged: crazy "drive one ~ with anxiety …
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SCARED — [scared] adj (1590): thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic "~ of snakes" "~ to …
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WITLESS — witless BrE AmE ˈwɪt ləs -lɪs ▷ witless|ly li ▷ witless|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WITLESS — / ˈwɪtləs; NAmE / adjective silly or stupid; not sensible SYN foolish • IDIOMS - be scared / bored witless …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARED — / skeəd; NAmE skerd/ adjective scared (of sb/sth) | scared (of doing sth) | scared (to do sth) | scared …
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BORED — / bɔːd; NAmE bɔːrd/ adjective bored (with sb/sth) | bored (with doing sth) feeling tired and impatient because you have …
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WITLESS — wit ‧ less /ˈwɪtləs/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . be scared witless feeling very frightened 2 . not very intelligent …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCARED — scared S3 /skeəd $ skerd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ scared , ↑ scary ; verb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BORED — bored S3 /bɔːd $ bɔːrd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ bore , ↑ boredom ; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WITLESS — adj. 1 lacking wits; foolish, stupid. 2 crazy. øøwitlessly adv. witlessness n. [OE witleas (as WIT(1), -LESS)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WITLESS — adj. 1 lacking wits; foolish, stupid. 2 crazy. witlessly adv. witlessness n. [ OE witleas (as WIT(1), -LESS) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WITLESS — adj.1 lacking wits; foolish, stupid. 2 crazy. Derivatives: witlessly adv. witlessness n. Etymology: OE witleas (as WIT(1), -LESS)
Oxford English vocab
WITLESS — If you describe something or someone as witless , you mean that they are very foolish or stupid. ...a witless, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARED — 1. If you are scared of someone or something, you are frightened of them. I’m certainly not scared of him... …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BORED — If you are bored , you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITLESS — If you describe something or someone as ~, you mean that they are very foolish or stupid. ...a ~, nasty …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SCARED — 1. If you are ~ of someone or something, you are frightened of them. I’m certainly not ~ of him... …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BORED — If you are ~, you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you have …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WITLESS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES scared witless/out of your wits informal (= extremely scared ) ▪ She admitted she was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCARED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES scared of heights ▪ Rachel had always been scared of heights . COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
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BORED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB easily ▪ Wants to live life to the full. Easily bored with repetition or …
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WITLESS — [adjective] [disapproving] - stupid or lacking intelligenceThe novel centres around a witless father who is continually being conned by his …
Cambridge English vocab
SCARED — [adjective]She had a scared look on her face.He's scared of spiders/snakes/the dark.I'm scared of telling her what really happened.He's scared …
Cambridge English vocab
BORED — [adjective](informal) I sat there pretending to listen but I was bored stiff/to tears/to death (= completely uninterested).I was bored rigid …
Cambridge English vocab
WITLESS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCARED — Synonyms and related words : afeared, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, appalled, fear-struck, feared, fearful, frightened, haunted with fear, horrified, panicked, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BORED — Synonyms and related words : aloof, anguished, anxious, apathetic, benumbed, blase, bored stiff, bored to death, bored to tears, careless, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WITLESS — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: SIMPLE 3, asinine, brainless, mindless, nitwitted, senseless, silly, unwitty, weak-headed, weak-minded 2 Synonyms: INSANE 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SCARED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: AFRAID 1, aghast, anxious, ||ascared, fearful, frightened, scary, terrified Related Words: startled; panicked, panicky, terror-stricken Contrasted …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WITLESS — a. Silly, foolish, stupid, dull, shallow, senseless, obtuse, daft ( Scotch ), unintelligent, feeble-witted, short-witted, half-witted, dull-witted, muddy-headed, muddy-brained, slow …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WITLESS — adjective 1. Synonyms: simple 3, asinine, brainless, mindless, nitwitted, senseless, silly, unwitty, weak-headed, weak-minded 2. Synonyms: insane 1, ||batty, bedlamite, …
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SCARED — adjective Synonyms: afraid 1, aghast, anxious, ||ascared, fearful, frightened, scary, terrified Related Word: startled; panicked, panicky, terror-stricken Contrasted words: emboldened, …
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BORED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SCARED — adj. VERBS ▪ be , be running ( figurative ), feel , look , seem , sound ▪ They had …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BORED — adj. VERBS ▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound ▪ become , get , grow ▪ Some …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SCARED — See ↑ FRIGHTENED/FRIGHTENING 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be afraid/be frightened/be scared • ↑ be afraid/scared of heights
Longman Activator English vocab
BORED — INDEX: 1. jobs/books/films/activities etc 2. place 3. person 4. to make someone feel bored 5. bored 6. the feeling of …
Longman Activator English vocab
BORED — See ↑ BORING/BORED 5
Longman Activator English vocab
SCARED — adj. 25B6; adjective FRIGHTENED, afraid, fearful, nervous, panicky; terrified, petrified, horrified, panic-stricken, scared stiff, frightened/scared out of one's wits, scared …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BORED — adj. 1) ~ to (~ to death/to tears) 2) ~ with; BE also has, esp. in children's language: ~ of …
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