Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
- adj. Impatient; bored: tired of the same old sandwiches.
- adj. Overused; hackneyed: a tired joke.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of tire.
- adj. In need of some rest or sleep.
- adj. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
- adj. Overused, cliché.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Weary; fatigued; exhausted.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. depleted of strength or energy
- adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Examples
“Funny, it doesn't hurt at all, but I'm tired, so tired ”
“Shilh14 izbil hair, plural izbel; a-slem fish, plural i-slim-en; sn to know, sen to be knowing; rmi to become tired, rumni to be tired; ttss15 to fall asleep, ttoss to sleep.”
“All the ponies are tethered in good order, but most of them are tired -- Chinaman and Jehu _very tired_ ....”
The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition
“All the ponies are tethered in good order, but most of them are tired -- Chinaman and Jehu _very tired_.”
“Oh, I'm so tired of it all -- so _tired_ -- and he doesn't see, doesn't understand!”
“I began the term tired out, and nearly collapsed before the end.”
“But early in your pregnancy, you learn a new meaning for the word tired.”
“Republicans struck back hard against news of the Democrats 'new jobs platform, which they characterized as tired and ineffective.”
“But I know in Arabic 'tired' is more serious, the word you use to prepare a listener about to receive bad news of a death in the family: 'she became very tired'.”
“You’ll find yourself hard-pressed to stay awake past 7:00 p.m., and the word tired will have a new meaning for you.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tired’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)another, three, place, work, eyes, new, said, give, face, day, going, like and 388 more...
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Mondayish
Tired. Of all of it.
fag, fatigate, jade, beat, woe-weary, outweary, weariful, taigle, aweary, care-tuned, forwalk, fatigue and 81 more...
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I am : tired
Tired and sleepy words!
tired, weary, sleepy, exhausted, soporific, droopy, snooze, nap, dead-beat, shuteye, rinsed, groggy and 9 more...
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classic695's Words
delighted, elated, energetic, excited, enthusiastic, elevated, happy, contented, fine, pleased, satisfied, compassionate and 168 more...
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spicolli's Words
terrapin, ravenous, fuck, sepulchral, garlic, suss, queer, curmudgeon, foodie, intricate, omphalos, subversion and 534 more...
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Cage
cage, depart, nothing, void, strain, unconscious, never, alone, floor, God, hell, winter and 219 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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Expressions
(Facial)
pained, pitiful, reproachful, annoyed, dismissive, excited, eager, spiteful, contemptuous, passive, calm, nervous and 155 more...
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suzyg's Words
brandish, recompence, shopping, dichotomy, paradigm, reverse osmosis, anyway, despite, drunk, degenerate, insipid, grateful and 438 more...
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Jackie11390's list
I rock.
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List.001
New word list
imperative, republic, subtle, Androgynous, licentious, auspices, avengeance, cabal, sibilant, Entropy, caduceus, ludicrous, and 170 more...
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How I Feel Today
See title.
guilty, unsure, unsettled, confused, ponderous, annoyed, moody, tempermental, grumpy, tired, wistful
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Life's a beach
hot, tired, car, driving, radio, coast range, 101, neahkahnie mountain, gravel, crunching, shoes off, curtains drawn and 41 more...
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Enter Sandman
So... tired.
sleepy, tired, exhausted, weary, worn, dark, unconscious, rest, drowsy, lethargic, somnolent, yawn and 15 more...
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gelidrew.thamert Always tired May 9, 2013