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Meaning of 'tired' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tired [ a.]
- Weary; fatigued; exhausted.
2 . Tired [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Tire

Meaning of 'tired' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tired [ a]
Meaning (1):
- depleted of strength or energy
Example in sentence:
  • tired mothers with crying babies;
  • too tired to eat
2 . tired [ s]
Meaning (2):
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example in sentence:
  • a stock answer;
  • bromidic sermons;
  • hackneyed phrases;
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace;
  • parroting some timeworn axiom;
  • repeating threadbare jokes;
  • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Nearby Words:

tirade tirailleur tire tire-woman tire-women tiredness tireless tireling tiresome tiring

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