bone-tired

See also: bone tired

English

Alternative forms

• bone tired

Adjective

bone-tired (not generally comparable, comparative more bone-tired, superlative most bone-tired)

1. Very tired; so tired one feels it in one’s bones.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fatigued

   • 1998, B. K. Chaturvedi, Eklavya, page 38:

     Having escaped from the Lac-house in Varanavat after setting fire to it, when the Pandavas, along with their mother Kunti, reached across the Ganga, they were bone-tired and thirsty.

   • 2009, Gordon Edlin, Eric Golanty, Health and Wellness:

     However, if you are like many college students and day after day you don't get sufficient sleep or you live under constant stress, you are likely to feel unrelentingly worn out and bone tired.