Definitions for tired
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tired(adj)

   depleted of strength or energy

   "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"

2. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn(adj)

   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'"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tired(Adjective)

   In need of some rest or sleep.

2. tired(Adjective)

   Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

   I'm tired of this

3. tired(Adjective)

   Overused, cliché.

   a tired song

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Tired

   of Tire

2. Tired(adj)

   weary; fatigued; exhausted

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tired' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2780

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tired' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1431

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tired' in Adjectives Frequency: #338

Anagrams for tired »

1. drite, tried

2. Drite

3. Tried

How to pronounce tired?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tired in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tired in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of tired in a Sentence

1. Bernie Sanders:

   What we did today is basically say that the United States Congress is sick and tired of abdicating its responsibility -- constitutional responsibility -- on matters of war.

2. Radiographer Paul Martin:

   Basically my blood sugars have come right down. I don't seem to be as tired as I used to be.

3. Buzz Brockway:

   The mood of the public is tired of business as usual.

4. John Fithian:

   Weve got some really tired staff, i talked to an exhibitor in Kansas who said, Ive never sold out a 7 a.m. show on Saturday morning before, and they were doing it all across their circuit.

5. Los Angeles veterinarian Doug Kramer:

   I grew tired of euthanizing pets when I wasn't doing everything I could to make their lives better, i felt like I was letting them down.

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