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tired

/taɪəd/

verb

Meaning

  • To become sleepy or weary.

  • To make sleepy or weary.

  • To become bored or impatient (with).

    "I tire of this book."

  • To bore.

verb

Meaning

  • To dress or adorn.

verb

Meaning

  • To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

  • To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

adjective

Meaning

  • In need of some rest or sleep.

  • Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

    "I'm tired of this"

  • Overused, cliché.

    "a tired song"

  • Ineffectual; incompetent

Synonyms

exhausted,
fatigued,
languid,
sleepy