tired

CEFRA1

[ˈtaɪ̯əd]

adjective · verb

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In plain English

01
adjective
Needing rest because of physical or mental effort.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

Examples

I slept a little during lunch break because I was so tired.
I'm tired of having to pretend all the time.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

[ˈtæ̞ːəd]
[ˈtajəd]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

In need of some rest or sleep.
Overused, cliché.

verb

Extra meaning

simple past and past participle of tire

More examples

In context

The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
a tired-looking hotel room
I'm tired of this

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After working all night, she felt extremely blank and went to bed.

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Citations

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They even went so far as to question whether indigenous peoples are 'peoples' in a tired attempt to deny the status of indigenous peoples in order to deny their right to self-determination.
2011, Dalee Sambo Dorough, “Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Arctive Perspective”, in Stephen Allen, Alexandra Xanthaki, editors, Reflecti...
The famous words of Emma Lazarus on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty read: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Until 1921 this was an accurate picture of our society. Under present law it would be appropriate to add: “as long as they come from Northern Europe, are not too tired or too poor or slightly ill, never stole a loaf of bread, never joined any questionable organization, and can document their activities for the past two years.”
1964, John F. Kennedy, “Where We Stand”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77
A tired attempt at a smile worked its way across Akechi's lips, lopsided and faint.
2023, “Chapter 10: Your Priestess is in Another Castle”, in The Crow Cries at Midnight. Dorked, Persona fandom
With the replacement of the horse by the automobile these detrimental effects would disappear. The cost of road maintenance in parks and elsewhere would be reduced to a minimum, with the action of the elements as the only cause of “wear,” while the “tear,” which proceeds entirely from the impact of horses’ feet and the cutting of metal-tired carriage wheels would be entirely done away with.
1899 October, The Automobile Magazine, volume I, number 1, New York, N.Y.: The United States Industrial Publishing Company, page 86
From Lathrop hall, Madison’s steel tired locomobiles will take the picnickers out to the suburb of South Madison.
1921 May 17, “Commerce Clubs to Have Picnic at Monona Park”, in The Capital Times, volume 7, number 142, Madison, Wis., page 4, column 4

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