Synonyms for "bone-idle" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(1 words)

bone-lazy

Adjective(2 words)

dullfainéant

Strong matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)

idleindolentinertlackadaisical

Related words (7)

Adjective(7 words)

lazylitherslothfulsluggishsweartorpidwork-shy

Related word relations

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2 relation types

Related terms

1 entries

dead tired

similar

1 entries

idle

Translations

7 translations across 3 languages.

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Finnish

1 entries

• patalaiska adj (utterly lazy)

French

4 entries

• cossard adj (utterly lazy)
• fainéant adj (utterly lazy)
• flemmard adj (utterly lazy)
• glandouilleur adj (utterly lazy)

Māori

1 entries

• māngere hōnia adj (utterly lazy)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

For the last three weeks I have been going what you call bone-idle.

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