bone-deep tired
- adjective
- By the end of exam week, most students are bone-deep tired and desperate for rest.
Examples
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He collapsed onto the couch, bone-deep tired from working two jobs.
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After the night shift, she felt bone-deep tired and could barely stay awake.
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I feel bone-deep tired.
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After the long hike, I felt bone-deep tired.
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After the night shift, she felt bone-deep tired and could barely stay awake.
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By the end of exam week, most students are bone-deep tired and desperate for rest.
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He collapsed onto the couch, bone-deep tired from working two jobs.
Synonyms
Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy
Feeling very tired after hard work or long effort
Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy
Very tired and cannot do anything
Very tired after doing too much work for a long time
Feeling very tired and having no energy
Feeling very tired and having no energy
Feeling very tired and having no energy
Very tired after doing hard work for a long time
Very tired after hard physical or mental work
Too sleepy to relax or fall asleep
Very tired in both body and mind from long trouble or hard work
Very low on energy and unable to do much
Very tired because of too much work or travel
Feeling very tired after hard physical or mental effort
Very tired after hard physical activity
Feeling very tired and unable to do much
Very tired after a lot of activity or a long day
So tired you can hardly move
Feeling tired and weak
Antonyms
How Tired
Surface Forms
Morphology
bone-deep + tired
The meaning 'extremely fatigued' is directly inferable by combining 'bone' (a body part) with 'deep' (indicating great extent or intensity) to modify 'tired' as an intensifier. This noun+adjective intensifier pattern (e.g. 'to the bone', 'bone-deep cold') is fairly transparent and cross-linguistically recognizable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely understand the sense.
Etymology
Bone-deep tired creates a picture of tiredness that goes into the bone and is very deep inside you, not just on the surface. That's why it means 'extremely tired'.