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   tired

   /ˈtʌɪəd/

   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
   • ▪ (of a thing) no longer fresh or in good condition: "a few boxes of tired vegetables"
   • 2. bored or impatient 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
   • 3. (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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