▪ lose interest in; become bored with: "the media will tire of publicizing every protest"
▪ exhaust the patience or interest of; bore:"it tired her that Eddie felt important because he was involved behind the scenes"Similarwearybecome/get tiredbecome/get wearybecome/get fed upbecome/get fed to deathbecome/get boredbecome/get satiatedbecome/get jadedbecome/get sickbecome/get sick to deathsickenhave had a surfeithave had enoughhave had a glutinformal:have had something up to hereborewearymake someone fed upsickennauseateirkirritateexhaust someone's patienceannoyexasperateget on someone's nervesinformal:get toOppositestimulateexcite
Word OriginOld Englishtēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.