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TIRED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example:
the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'
Synonyms:
banal; commonplace; hackneyed; old-hat; shopworn; stock; threadbare; timeworn; tired; trite; well-worn
Classified under:
Similar:
unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Depleted of strength or energy
Example:
too tired to eat
Classified under:
Similar:
all in; beat; bushed; dead (very tired)
aweary; weary (physically and mentally fatigued)
blear; blear-eyed; bleary; bleary-eyed (tired to the point of exhaustion)
bored; world-weary (tired of the world)
burned-out; burnt-out (exhausted as a result of longtime stress)
careworn; drawn; haggard; raddled; worn (showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering)
drooping; flagging (weak from exhaustion)
dog-tired; exhausted; fagged; fatigued; gone; played out; spent; washed-out; worn-out; worn out (drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted)
footsore (having sore or tired feet)
drained; knackered (very tired)
ragged (worn out from stress or strain)
travel-worn (tired by travel)
unrefreshed; unrested (not rested or refreshed)
whacked ((British informal) exhausted or worn out)
Antonym:
rested (not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing)
Derivation:
tiredness (temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb tire
Context examples:
“Do let us have a little music,” cried Miss Bingley, tired of a conversation in which she had no share.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
For a little bit her breast heaved softly, and her breath came and went like a tired child's.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“I hope your poor horse was not tired, when he got home at night,” said Dora, lifting up her beautiful eyes.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Yes, indeed," answered the child. "I am all tired out."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) Feeling tired or having little energy.
(PHQ-9 - Feeling Tired or Having Little Energy, NCI Thesaurus)
Anemia can make you feel tired, cold, dizzy, and irritable.
(Anemia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
I remember one evening the poor boys saying, 'Uncle seems always tired now.'
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I hope you are not very tired.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Everyone feels tired now and then.
(Fatigue, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Thinking and Fatigue: I feel tired.
(FAMS - I Feel Tired, NCI Thesaurus)
