tired
/'taiəd/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Depleted of strength or energy: Feeling a need for rest or sleep; weary.
- Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse: Lacking freshness or interest; hackneyed.
Usage and Examples
Depleted of strength or energy:
- She was too tired to go out after work.
- The tired hiker collapsed onto the ground.
- He felt tired from the long journey.
Repeated too often; overfamiliar:
- The politician's speech was full of tired clichés.
- That's a tired old joke that nobody laughs at anymore.
- The film's plot felt tired and unoriginal.
Advanced Usage
"to be tired of (something/doing something)": To be bored with or annoyed by something because you have experienced too much of it.
- I am tired of hearing the same excuses.
- She was tired of doing all the work herself.
"to be tired out": To be completely exhausted.
- After the marathon, he was completely tired out.
"to grow/get tired": To become weary or bored.
- The audience grew tired of the lengthy presentation.
Variants and Related Words
- Tire (verb): To make or become weary.
- The long walk tired the children.
- Tireless (adjective): Having or showing great effort or energy.
- She is a tireless campaigner for human rights.
- Tiresome (adjective): Causing one to feel bored or annoyed.
- He found the paperwork a tiresome chore.
Synonyms
- Weary: Feeling or showing tiredness.
- Exhausted: Drained of one's physical or mental resources; very tired.
- Fatigued: Worn out, wearied.
- Hackneyed: Lacking significance through having been overused.
- Threadbare: (Of a phrase, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "Sick and tired of": Very annoyed or bored with something.
- I'm sick and tired of your complaints.
- "Tired and emotional": A euphemism for being drunk.
- The celebrity gave a tired and emotional interview.
- "To be dog-tired": To be extremely tired.
- I was dog-tired after moving all the furniture.
Adjective
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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bromidic sermons
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his remarks were trite and commonplace
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hackneyed phrases
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a stock answer
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repeating threadbare jokes
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parroting some timeworn axiom
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the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
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depleted of strength or energy
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tired mothers with crying babies
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too tired to eat
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