bore witless

bɔːr ˈwɪtləs

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Definition of bore witless - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

extreme boredom

make someone extremely bored or uninterested

The lecture bored me witless.
I was bored witless by the endless meeting.
The movie bored us witless after the first hour.

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Expressions with bore

crashing bore

extremely dull and uninteresting person or thing

The lecture was a crashing bore, putting everyone to sleep..

bore someone to death

make someone extremely bored

The lecture bored the students to death.

bore someone to tears

make someone extremely bored

The lecture on ancient grains bore me to tears.

bore the pants off

make someone extremely bored

The lecture on ancient pottery bore the pants off the students.

bore someone rigid

make someone extremely bored

The lecture on ancient pottery bored the students rigid.

bore someone silly

make someone extremely bored

The lecture on ancient pottery bored me silly.

Expressions with witless

bore someone witless

make someone extremely bored

The lecture on ancient grains bored the students witless.

scare witless

frighten someone so much they can't think clearly

The horror movie scared me witless.

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French:ennuyer à mourir, ...
German:zu Tode langweilen, ...
Italian:annoiare a morte, ...
Spanish:aburrir hasta el cansancio, ...
Portuguese:aborrecer até à exaustão, ...
Chinese:让极度无聊, ...
Japanese:うんざりさせる, ...
Arabic:قَتَلَ بالملل, ...
Hebrew:לְשַׁעֲמֵם לַמָּוֶת, ...
Russian:уничтожить от скуки, ...
Ukrainian:знудити до смерті, ...
Hindi:बुरी तरह ऊबा देना, ...
Bengali:অত্যন্ত বিরক্ত করা, ...
Catalan:avorrir mortalment, ...
Czech:nudit k smrti, ...
Danish:kede ihjel, ...
Dutch:iemand kapot vervelen, ...
Greek:κουράζω αφόρητα, ...
Hungarian:halálra untatni, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើឱ្យនរណាម្នាក់ធុញទ្រាន់ខ្លាំង, ...
Korean:지루해 죽게 만들다, ...
Persian:کلافه کردن, ...
Polish:zanudzić na śmierć, ...
Portuguese (BR):entediar profundamente, ...
Romanian:a plictisi de moarte, ...
Swedish:tråka ut till döds, ...
Thai:ทำให้เบื่อจนแทบทนไม่ไหว, ...
Turkish:ölümüne sıkmak, ...
Vietnamese:làm chán muốn chết, ...

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