辟易
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Meanings
- to be fed up (with), to be tired (of), to be bored (with), to be unable to bear
- to be stumped, to be nonplussed, to be disconcerted
- to wince, to shrink back, to cringe
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Example sentences
I was fed up with his long lecture.
I am tired of doing the same work every day.
Fed up with his boss's nitpicky instructions, he finally submitted his resignation.
The crowds at tourist spots are enough to make one cringe.
Visibly disconcerted by her persistent solicitation, he could only manage a vague reply.
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