tired

[tahy^uhrd] / taɪərd /

ADJECTIVE

exhausted, weary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoyed bored distressed drained exasperated fatigued irritated overworked sleepy stale

STRONG

beat collapsing consumed drooping empty enervated fagged faint finished flagging irked jaded overtaxed prostrated spent wasted worn

WEAK

all in asleep broken-down burned out dead dead on one's feet dog-tired done for done in droopy drowsy fed up haggard narcoleptic petered out played-out pooped run down sick of tuckered out worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

energized lively

STRONG

fresh saved

WEAK

fired up invigorated refreshed rested

Example Sentences

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“I’ve been tired so long,” she said, “now I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

From Salon • May 28, 2026

It was worth it, and footage from the event shows her looking happy and tired on stage as she successfully hacked into a Linux based system to win $50,000.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

But reader, I was tired, and walkability is not about exhausting yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Masquerades had been fashionable for so long that when the music stopped, the dancers realized they were tired.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

I was tired of that one room with its earthen floor tramped down by Ryan feet over the last hundred years.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Vocabulary lists containing tired

Units 2–3

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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3

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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"

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