Tired

Quick meaning: Tired is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of tire.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of tire.

More Meanings

1. In need of some rest or sleep.
2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
3. Overused, cliché.
4. Old and worn.
5. Alternative form of tyred.
6. (slang, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) Played out, ineffectual; incompetent.

Example Sentences

a tired song

I'm tired of this

a tired-looking hotel room

A tired attempt at a smile worked its way across Akechi's lips, lopsided and faint.

Word Forms

• tireder
• tiredest

Synonyms for tired

Depending on context, synonyms include jaded, exhausted, languid, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed.

Antonyms for tired

Common opposites include rested.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include careworn, bleary, drawn, haggard, bushed, exhausted.

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