tired Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
jade; fatigue; pall; tire; weary.
- I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
wear out; tire; wear down; jade; fag out; weary; fatigue; wear; tire out; outwear; fag; wear upon.
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
verb deplete
exhaust; run down; play out; sap; tire.
- exhaust one's savings
- We quickly played out our strength
verb cause to be bored
bore; tire.
adjective depleted of strength or energy
- tired mothers with crying babies
- too tired to eat
adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
well-worn; commonplace; hackneyed; old-hat; timeworn; trite; banal; threadbare; shopworn; stock.
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'