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Adjective
browned off (comparative more browned off, superlative most browned off)
- (idiomatic, slang) Annoyed, upset, angry, bored, fed up, disgusted
- Bob was browned off when he was passed over for promotion.
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- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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