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tired
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- pronunciation:
- taIrd
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
needing sleep or rest; fatigued; sleepy.
She's tired from swimming extra laps today.It was a tough meeting, and now I'm tired.My legs are tired from climbing all those steps.
- synonyms:
- beat, bushed, dead, done in, exhausted, fatigued, wasted, weary, worn-out
- antonyms:
- fresh, rested, wide awake
- similar words:
- jaded, prostrate, run-down, spent
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| definition 2: |
weary; impatient; bored (usu. fol. by "of").
They got tired of playing their game and decided to watch a movie instead.I'm tired of pizza; let's have something different for a change.I'm tired of you asking me that same question over and over.He's tired of the way he is living his life now. He wants to make a change.- synonyms:
- bored, impatient, jaded, sick, weary
- similar words:
- fed up, world-weary
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| definition 3: |
not new, energetic, or original; overused; stale.
The ballet company gave a tired performance last night.We need to change our company's tired old slogan.- synonyms:
- clichéd, hackneyed, overused, stale, trite, worn
- antonyms:
- energetic, fresh, hot, innovative, original
- similar words:
- hack, humdrum, old hat, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, unoriginal, wearisome, worn-out
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| related words: |
beat, commonplace, dead, insipid, logy, musty, prosaic, stale, stock, trite, weak |
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| derivations: |
tiredly (adv.), tiredness (n.) |
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