Meaning of the word tired

1

: drained of strength and energy : fatigued often to the point of exhaustion

Synonyms

Example Sentences



I was really tired after the long trip.



She’s too tired to go out tonight.



The children were tired after the hike.



We had to listen to the same old tired excuses again.

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But they were rounded up because Ciudad Juarez residents were tired of migrants blocking border crossings or asking for money.


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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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in the 14th century

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  • Afrikaans: moeg (af)
  • Ainu: ヨッテㇰ (yottek)
  • Albanian: i lodhur (sq)
  • American Sign Language: BentB@IpsiChest-PalmBack-BentB@IpsiChest-PalmBack BentB@IpsiChest-PalmUp-BentB@IpsiChest-PalmUp
  • Arabic: مُتْعَب‎ (mutʕab), تَعْبَان‎ (taʕbān)
    Egyptian Arabic: تعبان‎ (taʿbān)
    Hijazi Arabic: تعبان‎ (taʿbān)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܟ̰ܝܼܚܵܐ‎ m (kčīḳa)
  • Azerbaijani: yorğun (az), yorulmuş
  • Basque: nekatuta
  • Belarusian: сто́млены (be) (stómljeny), змо́раны (zmórany)
  • Betawi: gémpor
  • Breton: skuizh (br)
  • Bulgarian: уморе́н (bg) (umorén)
  • Burmese: ငြီးငွေ့ (my) (ngri:ngwe.), မော (my) (mau:)
  • Catalan: cansat (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 攰 (yue) (gui6), 癐／𤶊, 䠩／𰸊 (gui6), 疲倦 (pei4 gyun6) (formal)
    Dungan: луй (luy)
    Hakka: 𤸁 (khioi)
    Mandarin: 累 (zh) (lèi), 疲 (zh) (pí), 疲倦 (zh) (píjuàn), 疲累 (zh) (pílèi)
    Min Nan: 忝 (zh-min-nan) (thiám)
  • Czech: unavený (cs)
  • Danish: træt (da)
  • Dutch: moe (nl), vermoeid (nl)
  • Esperanto: laca (eo)
  • Estonian: väsinud (et)
  • Faroese: móður, troyttur
  • Finnish: väsynyt (fi), väsähtynyt, uupunut (fi), voipunut, naatti (fi) (informal), puhki (fi) (informal), kuitti (fi) (informal), rätti (fi) (informal), lopussa (fi) (informal), valmis (fi) (slang), sippi (slang), poikki (fi) (informal), piipussa (informal), finaalissa (slang), hapoilla (slang), heikossa hapessa (slang), unelias (sleepy)
  • French: fatigué (fr)
  • Galician: canso, fatigado, cansado
  • Georgian: დაღლილი (daɣlili), მოღალული (moɣaluli)
  • German: müde (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌼𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌸𐍃 (afmauiþs)
  • Greek: κουρασμένος (el) (kourasménos)
  • Greenlandic: qasuvoq
  • Guaraní: kane’õ
  • Hawaiian: luhi, māluhiluhi
  • Hebrew: עייף עָיֵף‎ (ayéf)
  • Hindi: थका (hi) (thakā)
  • Hungarian: fáradt (hu)
  • Icelandic: þreyttur (is)
  • Ido: fatigita (io)
  • Indonesian: lelah (id)
  • Interlingua: fatigate, lasse
  • Irish: tuirseach, scítheach
  • Italian: stanco (it), esausto (it), fatto (it), distrutto (it), affaticato (it), stracco (it)
  • Jamaican Creole: tiyad
  • Japanese: 疲れた (ja) (つかれた, tsukareta)
  • Javanese: kesel
  • Kapampangan: pagal
  • Kazakh: шаршаңқы (şarşañqy)
  • Khmer: អស់កំលាំង (ʼɑh kɑmlang), នឿយ (km) (nɨəy), នឿយហត់ (nɨəy hɑt)
  • Korean: 피곤한 (ko) (pigonhan)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: ھیلاک‎ (ckb) (hîlak), ماندو‎ (mandu)
    Northern Kurdish: betilî (ku)
  • Kyrgyz: чарчаган (ky) (çarçagan), арыган (arıgan)
  • Ladino: kansado, desrepozado
  • Lao: ເມື່ອຍ (mư̄ai), ເມືີ່ອຽ (mư̄ai), ຫຸຽ (hui), ສະມິ້ງ (sa ming), ລ້າ (lā), ອິດ (ʼit), ຮຸນ (hun), ເໜື່ອຍ (nư̄ai) (rare)
  • Latin: fessus (la), dēfessus, lassus (la)
  • Latvian: noguris
  • Limburgish: meug (li)
  • Lithuanian: pavargęs
  • Louisiana Creole French: las
  • Low German:
    German Low German: mööd
  • Luxembourgish: midd
  • Macedonian: уморен (umoren)
  • Malay: letih (ms), penat (ms), payah
  • Manx: skee
  • Middle English: irk, forwake, terede, weri
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: ядарсан (jadarsan), эцсэн (ecsen)
  • Nahuatl: ciciammicqui
  • Nepali: थकित (thakit)
  • Norman: lâssé
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: trett, trøtt (no)
    Nynorsk: trøytt
  • Occitan: cansat (oc)
  • Old English: mēþe
  • Old Javanese: kĕsĕl
  • Old Norse: móðr, þreyttr
  • Ottoman Turkish: یورغون‎ (yorgun)
  • Persian: خسته‎ (fa) (xaste)
  • Piedmontese: strach
  • Plautdietsch: meed, kjnirr
  • Polish: zmęczony (pl)
  • Portuguese: cansado (pt)
  • Quechua: sayk’usqa
  • Rapa Nui: rohirohi
  • Romani: khino
  • Romanian: obosit (ro), ostenit (ro)
  • Romansch: stanchel
  • Russian: уста́лый (ru) (ustályj), уста́вший (ru) (ustávšij), утомлённый (ru) (utomljónnyj)
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgìth
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: у̏мо̄ран
    Roman: ȕmōran (sh)
  • Slovak: unavený
  • Slovene: utrujen (sl)
  • Spanish: cansado (es), fatigado (es)
  • Swahili: -choka (verb)
  • Swedish: trött (sv)
  • Tagalog: pagod
  • Tajik: хаста (tg) (xasta)
  • Tamil: please add this translation if you can
  • Telugu: అలసి (alasi)
  • Thai: เหนื่อย (th) (nʉ̀ai)
  • Tibetan: སྐུ་མཉེལ་པོ (sku mnyel po), ཐང་ཆད་པ (thang chad pa), ངལ་དུབ (ngal dub)
  • Turkish: yorgun (tr)
  • Ukrainian: сто́млений (stómlenyj), вто́млений (vtómlenyj), уто́млений (utómlenyj)
  • Urdu: تھکا‎ (thakā)
  • Uzbek: charchagan
  • Vietnamese: mệt mỏi (vi), mệt nhọc (vi)
  • Walloon: nåjhi (wa), scran (wa), hode (wa), hodé (wa)
  • Welsh: blinedig (cy), wedi blino
  • West Frisian: wurch
  • White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
  • Yiddish: מיד‎ (mid)
  • Zhuang: fuengx, baeg, naet, naetnaiq, naiq
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adjective

exhausted, as by exertion; fatigued or sleepy:They provided water to a tired runner.

weary or bored (usually followed by of): I’m tired of eating the same food every day.

hackneyed; stale, as a joke, phrase, or sermon: The standup comedian’s tired old gags got no laughs.

Informal. impatient or disgusted: You make me tired.

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Origin of tired

1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English tyred; see origin at tire1;see also -ed2

synonym study for tired

1. Tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied, weary suggest a condition in which a large part of one’s energy and vitality has been consumed. One who is tired has used up a considerable part of their bodily or mental resources: to feel tired at the end of the day. One who is exhausted is completely drained of energy and vitality, usually because of arduous or long-sustained effort: The horse was left exhausted after a hard run. One who is fatigued has consumed energy to a point where rest and sleep are demanded: A good workout can leave you feeling rather pleasantly fatigued. One who is wearied has been under protracted exertion or strain that has gradually worn out their strength: The sentry sat down, wearied by a long vigil. Weary suggests a more permanent condition than wearied: The family is weary of struggling against misfortunes.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tired

tired , tried

Words nearby tired

Tirana, Tiranë, Tiraspol, tire, tire chain, tired, tired out, Tiree, tire iron, tireless, tirelessly

Other definitions for tired (2 of 2)

Origin of tired

2

First recorded in 1890–95; tire2 + -ed3

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Words related to tired

annoyed, bored, distressed, drained, exasperated, fatigued, irritated, overworked, sleepy, stale, beat, collapsing, consumed, drooping, empty, enervated, fagged, faint, finished, flagging

How to use tired in a sentence

  • In the early 1990s, Gilbert remembers arriving in Melbourne a week before the tournament and trying to race his way into playing shape, only to feel tired two days later.

  • On Christmas Day, she said she was tired and went back to bed.

  • After hours and hours of boiling, you may get a tired of watching your cauldron bubble, but don’t give in to the temptation to wander off and work on some other project.

  • Isolating in her bedroom, Shorter felt more tired every day.

  • In my late teens, I quickly tired of sleeping on friends’ couches.

  • Kim Kardashian Breaks the InternetTalking about butts in relation to Kim Kardashian had become tired.

  • I answered his questions perfunctorily, begging off that I was soon to return to my dorm, as I was tired.

  • If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.

  • But Winter is dead, Clapton is tired of life on the road, and King unreliable in concert.

  • Hitchcock saw human behavior fresh, even in a tired form like melodrama.

  • It ended on a complaint that she was ‘tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.’

  • But this time, with all his cunning and perspiration, he could not induce another throb in the tired engines.

  • When he gets quite large the boy will get tired of having him for a pet, and perhaps bring him back.

  • But I am afraid you would very soon get tired of us, and I ought to tell you, frankly, that our little home is to be—a broken up.

  • Aunt Ri was looking forward to the rest with great anticipation; she was heartily tired of being on the move.

British Dictionary definitions for tired

adjective

weary; fatigued

(foll by of)

  1. having lost interest in; boredI’m tired of playing cards
  2. having lost patience with; exasperated byI’m tired of his eternal excuses

hackneyed; stalethe same tired old jokes

tired and emotional euphemistic slightly drunk

Derived forms of tired

tiredly, adverbtiredness, noun

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with tired

In addition to the idiom beginning with tired

  • tired out

also see:

  • dead on one’s feet (tired)
  • sick and tired

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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Funny, it doesn’t hurt at all, but I’m tired, so tired… ❋ Muller, Marcia (1998)

Shilh14 izbil “hair, ” plural izbel; a-slem “fish, ” plural i-slim-en; sn “to know, ” sen “to be knowing”; rmi “to become tired, ” rumni “to be tired”; ttss15 “to fall asleep, ” ttoss “to sleep. ❋ Unknown (1921)

All the ponies are tethered in good order, but most of them are tired — Chinaman and Jehu _very tired_ …. ❋ Charles Turley (1904)

All the ponies are tethered in good order, but most of them are tired — Chinaman and Jehu _very tired_. ❋ Robert Falcon Scott (1890)

Oh, I’m so tired of it all — so _tired_ — and he doesn’t see, doesn’t understand! ❋ George De Horne Vaizey (1887)

I began the term tired out, and nearly collapsed before the end. ❋ George De Horne Vaizey (1887)

But early in your pregnancy, you learn a new meaning for the word tired. ❋ Dawn Meehan (2010)

Republicans struck back hard against news of the Democrats ‘new jobs platform, which they characterized as tired and ineffective. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But I know in Arabic ‘tired‘ is more serious, the word you use to prepare a listener about to receive bad news of a death in the family: ‘she became very tired‘. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You’ll find yourself hard-pressed to stay awake past 7:00 p.m., and the word tired will have a new meaning for you. ❋ Dawn Meehan (2010)

Usually when you are in the playoffs and even during the regular season you are so busy yourself that you do get to see a little bit of hockey but you don’t get too focused on it, because you are either too focused on your own games or too tired from the night before to watch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was tired from the stress of high powered jobs and raising 4 children practically on my own. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I feel — I mean, I woke up this morning and was eager, a little tired from the trip, but was very eager to get over here and more so than last year at this time to get this back on track. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That [song] is tired. ❋ Falken (2003)

I went [to bed] at [3 am], and I was [so tired] the next day. ❋ Anonymous (2003)

Damn that [asshole] in the [Humvee] [fucking] tired me! ❋ Humpstick (2003)

Man1: Man [I’m tired]…
Man2: (punches Man2 in [temple], whom [promptly] goes to sleep.) ❋ Da Realest Nig (2007)

why are is this a [definition]? everyone knows what it means…[i guess] im dumbfuc to…[oh well] ❋ Noflyway99 (2005)

Joe: «Honey… [I’ve been thinking] [’bout] you aaall day.»
BitchWife: «Not tonight Joe, I’m tired.»
Joe: «Oh well, looks like I’m going a few rounds with the old [one-eyed trouser snake] alone again.» ❋ Josh (2004)

Hey if you’re tired of [this website], [you’re welcome] to do [something else]. ❋ TravisRexFord (2008)

Dude,[im tired]. You know [the kind] a [nap] wont help. ❋ Keoshajesiankei (2009)

your [shoes] are tired ❋ Tom And Steve (2003)

I’m tired of watching [the Bears] [getting their asses handed to them], listening to the News and be tiredsome, [I’m going to bed]. ❋ Saints (2003)

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Other forms: tireder; tiredest

If you’re tired, you should get some rest. If you’re tired of being tired, you might need to eat better and exercise more. If you’re tired of being told what to do, you should stop asking for advice.

Tired can also mean that something is old news, or worn out to the point where people don’t want to hear it anymore. Although you still find them funny, your co-workers think your impressions of your favorite cartoon characters are pretty tired.

Definitions of tired

  1. adjective

    depleted of strength or energy

    “tired mothers with crying babies”

    “too
    tired to eat”

    Synonyms:

    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, played out, spent, washed-out, worn out, worn-out

    drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

    footsore

    having sore or tired feet

    jaded, wearied

    exhausted

    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

  2. adjective

    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

    synonyms:

    banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, well-worn

    unoriginal

    not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual

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