What does tired mean?
Tired means simple past and past participle of tire.
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[ˈtaɪ̯əd] · verb
simple past and past participle of tire.
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.”
I'm tired of this
a tired song
a tired-looking hotel room
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.
A tired attempt at a smile worked its way across Akechi's lips, lopsided and faint.
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.
From Lathrop hall, Madison’s steel tired locomobiles will take the picnickers out to the suburb of South Madison.
Use tired when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tired means simple past and past participle of tire.
Common synonyms include jaded, exhausted, fatigued, languid.
Possible antonyms include rested.
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.”
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