tired
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- exhausted, drained, drowsy, fatigued, flagging, jaded, sleepy, weary, worn out
- bored, fed up, sick, weary
- hackneyed, clichéd, corny (slang), old, outworn, stale, threadbare, trite, well-worn

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Antonyms: rested, fresh, untired
Contrasted words: active, energetic, lively, strong, tireless
Related Idioms: worn to a frazzle, having a bellyful of, having about enough of
Related Words: overtaxed, overworked, drained, run-down, beat, bushed, dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, frazzled, overworn, pooped, tucked up, tuchered, collapsing, consumed, knocked out, prostrate, spent, annoyed, bothered, displeased, irked

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English Thesaurus: beat, defeat, trounce, thrash, wipe the floor with somebody, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

tired S1 W2 /taɪəd $ taɪrd/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: tired, tireless, tiresome, tiring; verb: tire; noun: tiredness; adverb: tirelessly]

1. feeling that you want to sleep or rest
so tired (that)
I’m so tired I could sleep for a week.
too tired to do something
He was too tired to argue.
He looks tired out (=very tired).
‘No,’ Frank said in a tired voice.

2. tired of (doing) something bored with something, because it is no longer interesting, or has become annoying:
I’m tired of watching television; let’s go for a walk.
I was getting tired of all her negative remarks.

3. familiar and boring Antonym : fresh:
tired old speeches
—tiredness noun [uncountable]
—tiredly adverb
⇒ dog-tired, ⇒ be sick (and tired) of something at sick¹(6)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

tired
adj.
I. needing rest
VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become, get | leave sb, make sb The walk left me quite tired out.
ADV. awfully, bone (informal), dead, desperately, extremely, really, terribly, very Polly suddenly felt bone tired.
a bit, a little, pretty, quite, rather | just Of course I'm not ill. I'm just tired.
enough He felt tired enough to go to sleep standing up.
mentally, physically | visibly | out
PREP. from I'm still a bit tired from the journey.
PHRASES tired and drawn He looked tired and drawn.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tired
II. tired of sb/sth: feeling you have had enough
VERBS be | become, get, grow (formal) She had grown heartily tired of his company.
ADV. heartily, really, very | a bit, a little, rather
PHRASES sick and tired (informal) I'm sick and tired of listening to you whine.

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beat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English:
We should have beaten them easily.
I always beat my brother at tennis.
defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing:
England were defeated by 2 goals to 1.
Bush defeated Kerry in the election.
trounce /traʊns/ to defeat someone completely in a game:
They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait.
thrash British English informal, cream American English informal to beat someone very easily in a game:
Of course, they totally creamed the other team.
I hope we thrash them!
wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument:
She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate.
They won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.
grate to cut cheese, carrot etc into small pieces by rubbing it against a special tool:
Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the top of the pasta.
melt to make butter, chocolate etc become liquid:
Melt the butter, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon of cream over a low heat.
sieve British English, sift American English to put flour or other powders through a sieve (=tool like a net made of wire, which you use for removing larger grains or pieces):
Sift the flour and cocoa before adding to the rest of the mixture.
chop to cut something into pieces, especially using a big knife:
Chop up the vegetables.
dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces:
Dice the carrots and then fry them in butter.
season to add salt, pepper etc to food:
Season the meat before grilling.
crush to use a lot of force to break something such as seeds into very small pieces or into a powder:
Add one clove of crushed garlic.
mix to combine different foods together:
Mix together all the ingredients in one bowl.
beat/whisk to mix food together quickly with a fork or other tool:
Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
stir to turn food around with a spoon:
Stir the sauce gently to prevent burning.
fold something in to gently mix another substance into a mixture:
Fold in the beaten egg whites.
knead to press dough (=a mixture of flour and water) many times with your hands when you are making bread:
Knead the dough for ten minutes, until smooth.
drizzle to slowly pour a small amount of a liquid onto something:
Drizzle with olive oil.
let something stand to leave something somewhere, before you do something else with it:
Let the mixture stand for a couple of hours so that it cools naturally.
serve to put different foods together as part of a meal:
Serve with rice and a salad.
Serve the aubergines on a bed of lettuce.
tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest:
I was really tired the next day.
the tired faces of the children
exhausted extremely tired:
I was exhausted after the long trip home.
He sat down, exhausted.
She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard:
With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time:
weary travellers
a weary sigh
He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
fatigued formal very tired:
They were too fatigued to continue with the climb.
Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone:
Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired:
I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early.
I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation:
By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired:
When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep:
I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest:
I was really tired the next day.
the tired faces of the children
exhausted extremely tired:
I was exhausted after the long trip home.
He sat down, exhausted.
She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard:
With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time:
weary travellers
a weary sigh
He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
fatigued formal very tired:
They were too fatigued to continue with the climb.
Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone:
Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired:
I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early.
I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation:
By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired:
When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep:
I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.
sleepy wanting to sleep very soon, so that your eyes start to close:
I’m feeling quite sleepy. I think I’ll go to bed.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
drowsy starting to sleep because you are in a warm place, have drunk too much alcohol, or have taken medicine:
The tablets can make you feel drowsy.
She was beginning to feel a little drowsy after all the food and wine she had consumed.
can’t keep your eyes open/can hardly keep your eyes open to feel so tired that you find it difficult to stay awake:
I’d better get some rest – I can’t keep my eyes open.
He had been driving all night, and he could hardly keep his eyes open.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

tired
̈ɪˈtaɪəd
See: dead tired , sick and tired

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲