EGAVE

tired

About 19.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb simple past and past participle of tire
  2. adjective In need of some rest or sleep.
  3. adjective Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
    I'm tired of this
  4. adjective Overused, cliché.
    a tired song
  5. adjective Old and worn.
    a tired-looking hotel room
  6. adjective Played out, ineffectual; incompetent.
  7. 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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