Meaning & use
snooze fest
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Meaning
nouncountableinformaldisapproving
Something so boring that it almost puts you to sleep, such as a dull film, party, or meeting.
Grammar: Countable: say a snooze fest or the whole thing was a snooze fest.
Patterns
- something is a snooze fest
- a total snooze fest
The three-hour lecture on tax law was a complete snooze fest.
Everyone left the party early because it turned into a snooze fest.
I expected a great match, but it was a snooze fest from start to finish.
Word forms
| plural | snooze fests |
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Common combinations
- a total snooze fest
- The awards show was a total snooze fest this year.
- turn into a snooze fest
- The discussion turned into a snooze fest after the first hour.
- a bit of a snooze fest
- His birthday dinner was a bit of a snooze fest, honestly.
- call something a snooze fest
- Critics called the sequel a snooze fest.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bore
- A stronger, more general noun for a dull person or event; a snooze fest is always an event or activity, never a person.
- yawn
- Informal and used mostly in the phrase 'a yawn', meaning something boring; it is shorter and even more casual.
- dud
- Focuses on something that fails to entertain or work, while a snooze fest focuses only on being boring.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: snooze fest or snooze button?
snooze fest vs snooze button
This is the button on an alarm clock that stops the sound for a few minutes; a snooze fest is a boring event, not a button.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'snooze fest' most naturally?
Choose one answer.
'Snooze fest' describes a boring event or activity, so the documentary works. Option A wrongly applies it to a person, C confuses it with a nap, and D uses it as a verb.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “snooze fest”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.