outstay
Linger too long
To outstay is to stay longer than someone or something else.
You might outstay other guests at a party or outstay your welcome—remaining past the point where your presence is comfortable or appropriate.
We outstayed our welcome and finally took the hint when she started yawning.
Stay beyond necessity
- prolongExtend in duration
- extendMake longer or larger
- persistContinue firmly onward
- overextendExceed one's limits
outlast · exceed · surpass · outwear · remain · continue · drag on · protract
Without formal welcome
- unwantedNot wished for
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
burdensome · inconsiderate · overbearing · meddlesome · obtrusive · impertinent · bothersome · pushy
Boring through length
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- tryingCausing strain or frustration
irksome · grating · wearing thin · testing · tiresome · boring · dull · insufferable
linger
Stay beyond necessity
overextend · outlast · exceed · surpass · outwear · remain · continue · drag on · protract · tarry
uninvited
Without formal welcome
- unwantedNot wished for
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
imposing · burdensome · inconsiderate · overbearing · meddlesome · obtrusive · impertinent · bothersome · pushy · encroaching
tedious
Boring through length
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
trying · irksome · grating · wearing thin · testing · tiresome · boring · dull · insufferable · unendurable
outstaycut short
End before completion
duck out · take one's leave · depart · exit · withdraw
- outstanding balanceSum still due
- outstay one's welcomeStay past politeness
- outstanding achievementRemarkable success worth noting
- outstanding debtMoney owed but unpaid
- outstanding sharesStock held outside treasury