glaze
verb
if you or your eyes glaze over, you start to look bored or tired and it is obvious to other people that you have stopped listening
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To not be interested, or to be bored
go crazy
to become bored, impatient, and upset
be past caring
to be no longer interested in someone or something, because they have made you feel annoyed or tired of them
mope around
to spend time somewhere with no particular purpose, feeling bored or unhappy
not look twice at
used for saying that you are not at all interested in someone or something
watch the clock
to keep looking at the time on a clock or a watch because you are bored or you want something to end
tire of
to become bored with someone or something
weary of
to become tired of something or bored with it
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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