Talk about the feeling – disgust

更新 2018年11月2日 发布 2018年11月2日  Vocabulary

disgusted

C1 feeling extreme dislike or disapproval of something:

She was disgusted at the way they treated their children.
I’m totally disgusted with your behaviour.

sick

B2 [ after verb ] INFORMAL feeling strong unpleasant emotions, especially anger or disgust:

I’m sick at (= unhappy about) not getting that job.
It makes me sick (= makes me very angry) to see people wearing fur coats.
UK INFORMAL It’s sick-making (= very annoying) that she’s being paid so much for doing so little.
I’m sick (and tired/to death) of (= very annoyed about) the way you’re behaving.
She was worried sick (= very worried) when her daughter didn’t come home on time.
felt sick (= felt shocked and disgusted) when I heard about the prisoners being beaten.

bored

A1 feeling unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do:

It was a cold, wet day and the children were bored.
He was getting bored with/of doing the same thing every day.
I was so bored that I slept through the second half of the film.
I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it.
He grew bored of the countryside.
The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.

weary of

C2 bored with something because you have experienced too much of it:

I’ve been going out with the same people to the same places for years and I’ve just grown weary of it.

be tired of sth/sb

​B1 to be bored with an activity or person:

I’m so tired of doing the same job, day after day.
Don’t you get tired of arguing all the time?
I’m sick and tired of you telling me what to do all the time.

be (stuck) in a groove

to be bored because you are doing the same things that you have done for a long time:

We never do anything exciting any more – we seem to be stuck in a groove.

be watching the clock

ALSO have/keep your eye on the clock

to be looking to see what the time is, usually because you are bored or eager to leave:

I had a train to catch, so I was watching the clock all through the meeting.

bore sb silly

to make someone feel very bored:

We were all bored silly by the play.

bored stiff

ALSO bored to death/tears INFORMAL

extremely unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do

If it is, no wonder you look bored stiff.
Yes, bored stiff with your conversation.
I pretended to listen, but I was bored to death.

indifferent

C2 not thinking about or interested in someone or something:

Why don’t you vote – how can you be so indifferent (to what is going on)?

uninterested

B1 not interested

apathetic

showing no interest or energy and unwilling to take action, especially over something important:

Young people today are so apathetic about politics.
Don’t be so apathetic – how are you going to get a job if you don’t even start looking?

incurious

formal not interested in knowing what is happening, or not wanting to discover anything new:

He’s strangely incurious about what goes on around him.

jaded

not having interest or losing interest because you have experienced something too many times:

Flying is exciting the first time you do it, but you soon become jaded.

unconcerned

not worried or not interested, especially when you should be worried or interested:

The baby was apparently unconcerned by the noise.
Are you as unconcerned about the situation as you seem to be?

underwhelmed

humorous feeling no excitement about or admiration for something or someone:

I get the feeling that John’s colleagues are distinctly underwhelmed by his latest proposal.

your heart isn’t in it

If your heart isn’t in it, you do not feel interested or enthusiastic about something:

I tried to look interested, but my heart wasn’t in it.

unwilling

B2 not willing:

reluctant

C1 not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it:

[ + to infinitive ] I was having such a good time I was reluctant to leave.
Many parents feel reluctant to talk openly with their children.

listless

having no energy and enthusiasm and unwilling to do anything needing effort:

He’s seemed listless and a little depressed ever since he got his exam results.