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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
Adjective
1. weary or exhausted: they were tired after their long journey
2. bored of or no longer interested in something: I'm tired of staying in watching TV every night
3. having been used so often as to be no longer interesting: you haven't fallen for that tired old line, have you?
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) << OPPOSITE energetic
adjective 2. bored, fed up, weary, sick, annoyed, irritated, exasperated, irked, hoha N.Z. << OPPOSITE enthusiastic about
Translations

tired [ˈtaɪəd] adjcansado;
to be tired of sth → estar harto de algo;
to be/feel/look tired → estar/sentirse/parecer cansado
tired [ˈtaɪəd] tire adjfatigué(e);
to be/feel/look tired → être/se sentir/avoir l'air fatigué;
to be tired of → en avoir assez de, être las(lasse) de
tired [ˈtaɪəd] tire adjmüde;
to be/look tired tire → müde sein/aussehen;
to feel tired → sich müde fühlen;
to be tired of sth tire → etw satthaben;
to be tired of doing sth tire → es satthaben, etw zu tun
tired [ˈtaɪəd] adjstanco/a;
to be/feel/look tired → essere/sentirsi/sembrare stanco;
to be tired of → essere stanco or stufo di


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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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