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- Dictionarytired/ˈtī(ə)rd/
adjective
- 1. in need of sleep or rest; weary: "Fisher rubbed his tired eyes" Similar worn outexhaustedfatiguedtired outovertiredwearysleepydrowsyweariedsappeddog-tiredspentdrainedjet-laggedplayed outdebilitatedprostrateenervatedjadedlowinformal:all indone (in/up)deaddead beatdead tireddead on one's feetasleep on one's feetready to dropfagged outbushedworn to a frazzleshatteredburnt outknackeredwhackedpoopedOpposite energeticfreshwide awake
- ▪ bored with: "I have to look after these animals when you get tired of them" Similar fed up withbored with/byweary ofsick ofsick and tired ofjaded with/bysurfeited with/bysatiated byglutted with/byhave had enough ofinformal:have had a basinful ofhave had it up to here withhave had something up to here
- ▪ (of a thing) no longer fresh or in good condition: "a few boxes of tired vegetables"
- ▪ (especially of a statement or idea) boring or uninteresting because overfamiliar: "tired clichés like the “information revolution.”" Similar hackneyedworn outstaleoverworkedthreadbarewarmed-upbanaltritestockstereotypedclichédrun-of-the-millcommonplaceplatitudinousunoriginalunimaginativeuninspiredflatout of dateoutdatedoutmodedpasséarchaicobsoletedefunctantiquatedwarmed-overinformal:old hatcornyout of the arkplayed outhackypast their sell-by dateOpposite freshlively
Derivatives
- 1. tiredly adverb
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