tired
adjective
1. depleted of strength or energy
- tired mothers with crying babies
- too tired to eat
Similar word(s): beat, bushed, dead, aweary, weary, blear, bleary, bored, careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn, drooping, flagging, exhausted, fatigued, gone, spent, footsore, jaded, wearied, drained, knackered, ragged, unrefreshed, unrested, whacked
2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Similar word(s): unoriginal, banal, commonplace, hackneyed, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite
Sentences with tired as an adjective:
- I'm tired of this
- a tired song
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of tire