bored silly

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An informal, emphatic way to say extremely bored.

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  • I was bored silly during that three-hour presentation.
  • The children were getting bored silly waiting for the rain to stop.
  • Honestly, I was bored silly at the party until you arrived.
  • If I have to listen to one more of his stories, I'll be bored silly.
  • He sat in the corner, looking utterly bored silly.
  • Weren't you bored silly throughout the entire lecture?
  • Let's be honest, we were all bored silly by the second act of the play.
  • Every summer, we'd visit our relatives and be bored silly with nothing to do.
  • Despite the beautiful scenery, the long train journey left me feeling bored silly.
  • Stuck in traffic for hours, I was just bored silly.