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Meaning of Lazybones | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈleɪziˌboʊnz

Definitions

A person who is lazy.

slang

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca avara tənbəl
Беларуская гульта́й
Български безде́лник
Čeština buchta lenivec lenoch lenoška
Dansk dovenlars
Ελληνικά σπάρος τεμπέλης
Español holgazán
Eesti laisk
हिन्दी थकेला
Magyar léhűtő
Հայերեն թամբալ ծույլ
Íslenska letingi
日本語 不精者 怠け者
ქართული უსაქმური
Kurdî tembel
Кыргызча жалкоо
Lietuvių tinginys
Latviešu sliņķe sliņķis
Македонски безделник
Nederlands luie donder luierik luilak luiwammes
Português pessoa preguiçosa
Română leneș pierde-vară
Shqip dembel përtac
Svenska latmask
Kiswahili lofa
Türkçe tembel
Oʻzbekcha tanbal yalqov

Examples

“The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte."”
“His father thought that there was no doubt some more suitable work to be found for him, for he who should watch hares ought to be light and smart, and no lazybones, and when the hares began to run and fly about, there would be quite another dance than hanging about the house all day doing nothing.”
“How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?”
“Isn't it time you got up, you lazybones?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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