tired
1exhausted, as by exertion; fatigued or sleepy: They provided water to a tired runner.
weary or bored (usually followed by of): I'm tired of eating the same food every day.
hackneyed; stale, as a joke, phrase, or sermon: The standup comedian's tired old gags got no laughs.
Informal. impatient or disgusted: You make me tired.
Origin of tired
1synonym study For tired
Other words for tired
Opposites for tired
Words that may be confused with tired
- tired , tried
Words Nearby tired
How to use tired in a sentence
In the early 1990s, Gilbert remembers arriving in Melbourne a week before the tournament and trying to race his way into playing shape, only to feel tired two days later.
The Australian Open Isn’t All That Friendly To Underdogs | Jonathon Braden | February 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightOn Christmas Day, she said she was tired and went back to bed.
Tiffany Shackelford, 46, was known as a unique, fun ‘force’ to friends, family | Dana Hedgpeth | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostAfter hours and hours of boiling, you may get a tired of watching your cauldron bubble, but don’t give in to the temptation to wander off and work on some other project.
Make your own maple syrup without harming the trees | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | February 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIsolating in her bedroom, Shorter felt more tired every day.
900,000 infected. Nearly 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia. | Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo, John D. Harden | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostIn my late teens, I quickly tired of sleeping on friends’ couches.
Traditional school isn’t always the way to go, and I wish my parents had seen that earlier | Kenneth R. Rosen | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Kim Kardashian Breaks the InternetTalking about butts in relation to Kim Kardashian had become tired.
Year of the Butt: How the Booty Changed the World in 2014 | Kevin Fallon | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI answered his questions perfunctorily, begging off that I was soon to return to my dorm, as I was tired.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.
But Winter is dead, Clapton is tired of life on the road, and King unreliable in concert.
Hitchcock saw human behavior fresh, even in a tired form like melodrama.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodBut this time, with all his cunning and perspiration, he could not induce another throb in the tired engines.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeWhen he gets quite large the boy will get tired of having him for a pet, and perhaps bring him back.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumBut I am afraid you would very soon get tired of us, and I ought to tell you, frankly, that our little home is to be—a broken up.
Confidence | Henry JamesAunt Ri was looking forward to the rest with great anticipation; she was heartily tired of being on the move.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
British Dictionary definitions for tired
/ (ˈtaɪəd) /
weary; fatigued
(foll by of)
having lost interest in; bored: I'm tired of playing cards
having lost patience with; exasperated by: I'm tired of his eternal excuses
hackneyed; stale: the same tired old jokes
tired and emotional euphemistic slightly drunk
Derived forms of tired
- tiredly, adverb
- tiredness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with tired
In addition to the idiom beginning with tired
- tired out
also see:
- dead on one's feet (tired)
- sick and tired
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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