tired

English Online Dictionary. What means tired‎? What does tired mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ˈtaɪ̯əd]
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [ˈtɑjəd]
• (MLE) IPA^(key): [ˈtajəd], [ˈtæ̞ːəd]
• (General American, Ireland) IPA^(key): [ˈtaɪ̯ɚd]
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d

Verb

tired

1. simple past and past participle of tire

Adjective

tired (comparative more tired or tireder, superlative most tired or tiredest)

1. In need of some rest or sleep.
2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

3. Overused, cliché.

4. Old and worn.

5. (slang, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) Played out, ineffectual; incompetent

Synonyms

• (in need of rest): exhausted, fatigued, languid; See also Thesaurus:fatigued
• (in need of sleep): sleepy; See also Thesaurus:sleepy
• (fed up): See also Thesaurus:annoyed
• (overused): See also Thesaurus:hackneyed

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Translations

See also

• I am tired
• sick and tired
• that tired feeling

Adjective

tired (not comparable)

2. Alternative form of tyred.

Anagrams

• tried, tider, drite, tride