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tired

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tired  (trd)
adj.
1.
a. Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.
b. Impatient; bored: tired of the same old sandwiches.
2. Overused; hackneyed: a tired joke.

tiredly adv.
tiredness n.

tired [ˈtaɪəd]
adj
1. weary; fatigued
2. (foll by of)
a.  having lost interest in; bored I'm tired of playing cards
b.  having lost patience with; exasperated by I'm tired of his eternal excuses
3. hackneyed; stale the same tired old jokes
tired and emotional a euphemism for slightly drunk
tiredly  adv
tiredness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
rested - not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back rested from her vacation"
2.tiredtired - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "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'"
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

tired
adjective
1. exhausted, fatigued, weary, spent, done in (informal), flagging, all in (slang), drained, sleepy, fagged (informal), whacked (Brit. informal), worn out, drooping, knackered (slang), drowsy, clapped out (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), enervated, ready to drop, dog-tired (informal), zonked (slang), dead beat (informal), tuckered out (Austral. & N.Z. informal), asleep or dead on your feet (informal) He is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.
exhausted fresh, lively, refreshed, energetic, wide-awake, alive and kicking, full of beans (informal), rested
2. bored, fed up, weary, sick, annoyed, irritated, pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), exasperated, pissed off (taboo slang), irked I was tired of being a bookkeeper.
bored keen on, enthusiastic about, fond of
3. hackneyed, stale, well-worn, old, stock, familiar, conventional, corny (slang), threadbare, trite, clichéd, outworn I didn't want to hear one of his tired excuses.
hackneyed original, innovative, imaginative
Translations
tired [ˈtaɪəd] ADJ
1. [person, eyes] → cansado; [voice] → cansino
to be/feel tiredestar/sentirse cansado
my legs/eyes are tiredtengo las piernas cansadas/los ojos cansados
to get tiredcansarse
to look tiredtener cara de cansancio
to be tired of sb/sthestar cansado or aburrido de algn/algo
to get or grow tired of (doing) sthcansarse or aburrirse de(hacer)algo
to be tired outestar agotado or rendido
see also sick A3
2. (fig) (= worn-out) [coat] → raído, gastado; [car, chair] → cascado; [cliché, ritual, excuse] → manido, trillado
a tired lettuce leafuna hoja de lechuga mustia
it's a tired old clichées un tópico muy manido or trillado

tired [ˈtaɪərd] adjfatigué(e)
I'm tired → Je suis fatigué.
to feel tired → se sentir fatigué(e)
to look tired → avoir l'air fatigué
to be tired of sth → être fatigué(e) de qch
I am tired of all the speculation → Je suis fatigué de toutes ces spéculations.
to be tired of doing sth → être fatigué(e) de faire qch

tired
adj
(= fatigued)müde; clichéabgegriffen; tired outvöllig erschöpft; tired and emotional (hum inf: = drunk) → nicht mehr ganz nüchtern
to be tired of somebody/somethingjds/einer Sache (gen)müde or überdrüssig sein (geh), → jdn/etw leid sein, jdn/etw satthaben; to get tired of somebody/somethingjdn/etw sattbekommen; I’m tired of telling youich habe es satt, dir das zu sagen; I’m tired of people making money out of meich habe es satt, dass Leute mich finanziell ausnutzen; to be tired to death (of something) (inf)die Nase (von etw) gestrichen voll haben (inf); you make me tired!du regst mich auf!
(= old)müde; a tired, worn-out organizationeine müde, verbrauchte Organisation; a tired lettuce leafein schlaffes Salatblatt
(pej: = boring, stale) → langweilig; another one of his tired excuseswieder eine seiner langweiligen Ausreden; their advertising is getting rather tiredihrer Werbung fehlt allmählich der Schwung or Pep (inf)

tired [ˈtaɪəd] adj
a.stanco/a
to be/feel/look tired → essere/sentirsi/sembrare stanco/a
to be tired of sb/sth → essere stanco/a or stufo/a di qn/qc
to get or grow tired of doing sth → stancarsi di fare qc
b. (fig) (cliché) → trito/a e ritrito/a (fig) (shabby) → consunto/a

tired [ˈtaɪəd] adj
a.stanco/a
to be/feel/look tired → essere/sentirsi/sembrare stanco/a
to be tired of sb/sth → essere stanco/a or stufo/a di qn/qc
to get or grow tired of doing sth → stancarsi di fare qc
b. (fig) (cliché) → trito/a e ritrito/a (fig) (shabby) → consunto/a

tired متعب unavený træt müde κουρασμένος cansado väsynyt fatigué umoran stanco 疲れた 피곤한 moe trøtt zmęczony cansado усталый trött เหน็ดเหนื่อย yorgun mệt 累了的


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Then he made all his servants go too--his cooks and his gardeners and his barber and Prince Bumpo's tutor--even the Queen, who was tired from dancing in a pair of tight shoes, was packed off to help the soldiers in their search.
In a dozen leaps and bounds, he came to the village, tired out, puffing like a whale, and with tongue hanging.
Next day began the wholesome out-of-door life, which works such wonders with tired minds and feeble bodies.
 
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