What is another word for having had enough?
52 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˌavɪŋ hɐd ɪnˈʌf], [ hˌavɪŋ hɐd ɪnˈʌf], [ h_ˌa_v_ɪ_ŋ h_ɐ_d ɪ_n_ˈʌ_f]
Related words: crying, feeling like you’re suffocating, exhausted, too much on your plate, need to get away from work
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v.
• weary (verb)
- leave one cold,
- bore,
- fag,
- burden,
- weigh,
- nauseate,
- strain,
- fade,
- pain,
- annoy,
- jade,
- dishearten,
- tire,
- cause ennui,
- depress,
- irk,
- make discontented,
- exasperate,
- glut,
- fall off,
- enervate,
- droop,
- oppress,
- overwork,
- fail,
- disgust,
- vex,
- try the patience of,
- wear down,
- flag,
- sicken,
- tucker out,
- have had enough,
- drowse,
- debilitate,
- grow tired,
- exhaust,
- sap,
- take it out of,
- enfeeble,
- weaken,
- distress,
- harass,
- drain,
- wear out,
- plague,
- cloy,
- tire out,
- fatigue,
- tax,
- lose interest,
- sink.
How to use «Having had enough» in context?
When someone says they have had enough, they are often indicating that they are done with something and they do not want to continue with it. They may also be suggesting that they would like to end a relationship or interaction with someone. When someone has had enough, they are no longer willing to deal with the situation or person.
synonyms for have had enough
synonyms for have had enough
- annoy
- bore
- depress
- dishearten
- exasperate
- exhaust
- fade
- irk
- tire
- burden
- cloy
- debilitate
- disgust
- distress
- drain
- droop
- drowse
- enervate
- enfeeble
- fag
- fail
- fatigue
- flag
- glut
- harass
- jade
- nauseate
- oppress
- overwork
- pain
- plague
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- strain
- tax
- vex
- weaken
- weigh
- cause ennui
- fall off
- grow tired
- leave one cold
- lose interest
- make discontented
- take it out of
- tire out
- try the patience of
- tucker out
- wear down
- wear out
On this page you’ll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to have had enough, such as: annoy, bore, depress, dishearten, exasperate, and exhaust.
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO HAVE HAD ENOUGH
- annoy
- bore
- burden
- cause ennui
- cloy
- debilitate
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- distress
- drain
- droop
- drowse
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exasperate
- exhaust
- fade
- fag
- fail
- fall off
- fatigue
- flag
- glut
- grow tired
- harass
- have had enough
- irk
- jade
- leave one cold
- lose interest
- make discontented
- nauseate
- oppress
- overwork
- pain
- plague
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- strain
- take it out of
- tax
- tire
- tire out
- try the patience of
- tucker out
- vex
- weaken
- wear down
- wear out
- weigh
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
enough
after adjectives and adverbs
You use enough after an adjective or adverb to say that someone or something has as much of a quality as is needed.
We have a
long enough
list.
The student isn’t trying
hard enough
.
If you want to say who the person or thing is acceptable to, you add a prepositional phrase beginning with for.
That’s
good enough for me
.
Is the soup hot enough for you?
If someone has as much of a quality as they need in order to do something, you add a to-infinitive after enough.
The children are
old enough to travel to school on their own
.
You can also use a to-infinitive after enough to say that something has as much of a quality as is needed for someone to do something with it. If you want to make it clear who you are talking about, you can add a prepositional phrase beginning with for. For example, you can say ‘The boat was close enough to touch’ or ‘The boat was close enough for me to touch it’.
The bananas are
ripe enough to eat
.
The music was just loud enough for us to hear it.
*
Be careful
Don’t use a that-clause after enough when you are saying what is needed for something to be possible. Don’t say, for example, ‘The bananas are ripe enough that we can eat them’.
Enough is sometimes used after an adjective to confirm or emphasize that something or someone has a particular quality.
It’s a
common enough
dilemma.
When you make a statement of this kind, you often add a second statement that contrasts with it.
She’s likeable enough, but very ordinary.
used as a determiner
Enough is used in front of the plural form of a countable noun to say that there are as many things or people as are needed.
They need to make sure there are
enough bedrooms
for the family.
Do we have
enough chairs
?
You can also use enough in front of an uncountable noun to say that there is as much of something as is needed.
We had
enough room
to store all the information.
He hasn’t had enough exercise.
‘enough of’
Don’t use enough immediately in front of a noun phrase beginning with a determiner, or in front of a pronoun. Instead you use enough of.
All parents worry about whether their child is getting
enough of the right foods
.
They haven’t had enough of it.
When you use enough of in front of a plural noun or pronoun, you use a plural form of a verb with it.
Eventually enough of these shapes
were
collected.
There
were
enough of them to fill a large box.
When you use enough of in front of a singular or uncountable noun or a singular pronoun, you use a singular form of a verb with it.
there enough of a market for this product?
There is enough of it for everybody.
used as a pronoun
Enough can be used on its own as a pronoun.
I’ve got
enough
to worry about.
has been said about this already.
‘not enough’
Don’t use enough, or enough and a noun, as the subject of a negative sentence. Don’t say, for example, ‘Enough people didn’t come‘. You say ‘Not enough people came’.
has been done to help them.
Not enough attention is paid to young people.
modifying adverbs
You can use adverbs such as nearly, almost, just, hardly, and quite in front of enough.
At present there is
just enough
to feed them.
There was hardly enough time to have lunch.
You can also use these adverbs in front of an expression consisting of an adjective and enough.
We are all
nearly young enough
to be mistaken for students.
She is
just old enough
to work.
used with sentence adverbials
You can use enough after sentence adverbials like interestingly or strangely to draw attention to a surprising quality in what you are saying.
, there were some questions that Brian couldn’t answer.
I find myself strangely enough in agreement with Jamal for a change.
have had enough
To have had one’s fill of something. Oh, no second helping for me—I’ve had enough.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
have had enough
to have had as much of something as is needed or will be tolerated. Stop yelling at me. I’ve had enough. No more potatoes, please. I’ve had enough. I’m leaving you, Bill. I’ve had enough!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
have had enough
Want no more of something, as in I’ve had enough of their quarreling. This phrase uses enough in the sense of «an adequate amount,» which is intended ironically to mean «a more than sufficient amount.» [c. 1700] For synonyms, see fed to the gills; have had it, def. 1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
have had eˈnough (of somebody/something)
used when somebody/something is annoying you and you no longer want to do, have or see them/it: I’ve had enough of driving the kids around.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
- enough is as good as a feast
- be man enough to (do something)
- enough and some to spare
- sure enough
- courage
- come in out of the rain, know enough to
- know enough to come in out of the rain
- be good enough for (one)
- good enough for
- good enough for (one)