tired
About 19.54 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb simple past and past participle of tire
- adjective In need of some rest or sleep.
- adjective Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this
- adjective Overused, cliché.
a tired song
- adjective Old and worn.
a tired-looking hotel room
- adjective Played out, ineffectual; incompetent.
- adjective Alternative form of tyred.
Similar words
careworn bleary drawn all in haggard bushed exhausted whacked played out fatigued
Often followed by
of and to out from or with as after
Word family
tireder tiredest tiredly tiredness tirednesses
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