Lexic.us

Definition of Tired

1. Adjective. Depleted of strength or energy. "Too tired to eat"

2. Adjective. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. "The trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

Definition of Tired

1. a. Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

Definition of Tired

1. Verb. (past of tire) ¹

2. Adjective. In need of some rest or sleep. ¹

3. Adjective. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of. ¹

4. Adjective. Overused, cliché. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tired

1. sapped of strength [adj TIREDER, TIREDEST] : TIREDLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tired

tiratricol tire tire-pressure tire-pressure gauge tire-woman tire barrier tire bead tire chains tire gauge tire iron

tire kicker tire kickers tire out tire tool tired (current term) tired and emotional tired of(p) tireder tiredest tiredly

tiredness tirednesses tireless tirelessly tirelessness tirelessnesses tirelike tireling tirelings

Literary usage of Tired

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"He was tired—tired of rejection, tired of trying to convince people that he was capable, and tired of being colored. ..."

2. American Public Health Protection by Henry Bixby Hemenway, Edwin Frederick Bowers, Mary Sewall Gardner (1916)
"CHAPTER V THAT tired FEELING DOCTORS deny that "that tired feeling" exists. They contend that there is no more reason for spring fever than there is for ..."

3. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"I BEG AN to get tired of staying in one place so long. There was no longer satisfying variety in going down to Carson to report the proceedings of the ..."

4. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"... So you tired of my aunt, and my aunt of you, and you were miserable together ?" " Every man is mad once or twice in his ..."

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