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tired

ti·red

UK/ˈtaɪ̯əd/ US/ˈtɑjəd/ very common slang

adjective

1.

depleted of strength or energy

  • “tired mothers with crying babies”
  • “too tired to eat”
2.

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”
  • “'”

Phrases

  • born tired
  • dead tired
  • I am tired
  • I'm tired
  • that tired feeling
  • tired and emotional

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