Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Greatly annoyed; out of patience: Feeling extremely irritated, frustrated, or fed up with a situation or person.
   • Bored and dissatisfied: Feeling weary and discontented, often due to monotony or a lack of stimulation.

Usage

The adjective "browned off" describes a state of strong irritation or boredom. It is typically used predicatively (after a linking verb like be, feel, get) and is more common in informal, particularly British, English.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • I'm completely browned off with all these delays and excuses.
  • The audience was getting browned off with the speaker's long, repetitive stories.
  • She felt browned off after spending the whole weekend doing chores.

Advanced Usage

• "to be browned off with someone/something": To be thoroughly annoyed or bored by a specific person or thing.
  • He's browned off with his noisy neighbors.
• "to get browned off": To become annoyed or bored.
  • You'll get browned off if you have to do the same task every day.

Variants and Related Words

• Brassed off (adj., informal, chiefly UK): A synonym meaning very annoyed or fed up.
  • I'm brassed off with the constant rain.
• Fed up (adj.): Very tired of or annoyed about something.
  • She's fed up with the lack of progress.

Synonyms

• Exasperated: Intensely irritated and frustrated.
• Irritated: Annoyed or impatient.
• Weary: Feeling or showing tiredness, especially from lack of interest.
• Disgruntled: Angry or dissatisfied.

Related Phrases

• Cheesed off (adj., informal, chiefly UK): Annoyed or bored.
  • He was cheesed off about having to work late again.

Adjective

1. greatly annoyed; out of patience
   • had an exasperated look on his face
   • felt exasperated beyond endurance