tired

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tired

weary, fatigued: I’m tired from a long day at work.

Not to be confused with:

tiered – arranged in tiers: a five-tiered wedding cake

tired

(tīrd)

adj.

a. Exhausted of strength or energy; fatigued.

b. Impatient; bored: tired of the same old sandwiches.

2. Overused; hackneyed: a tired joke.

tired′ly adv.

tired′ness n.

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tired

(ˈtaɪəd)

adj

1. weary; fatigued

2. (foll by of)

a. having lost interest in; bored: I'm tired of playing cards.

b. having lost patience with; exasperated by: I'm tired of his eternal excuses.

3. hackneyed; stale: the same tired old jokes.

4. tired and emotional euphemistic slightly drunk

ˈtiredly adv

ˈtiredness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tired

(taɪ^ərd)

adj.

1. exhausted; fatigued; wearied.

2. weary or bored: tired of the same routine.

3. hackneyed; stale, as a joke.

4. impatient or disgusted: You make me tired.

[1350–1400]

tired

languescent - If you are becoming tired, you are languescent.
irk - Originally meant "grow tired"; a possible source is Old Norse yrkja, "work."
lassate - Means tired or weary.
late - Comes from Indo-European lad-, "slow, weary," which begat Latin lassus, "tired," before English late, meaning "slow."

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Adj.	1.	tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat" rested - not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back rested from her vacation"
	2.	tired - 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'" banal, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, well-worn, shopworn, commonplace unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

tired

adjective

1. exhausted, fatigued, weary, spent, done in (informal), flagging, all in (slang), drained, sleepy, fagged (informal), whacked (Brit. informal), worn out, drooping, knackered (slang), drowsy, clapped out (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), enervated, ready to drop, dog-tired (informal), zonked (slang), dead beat (informal), tuckered out (Austral. & N.Z. informal), asleep or dead on your feet (informal) He is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.
exhausted fresh, lively, refreshed, energetic, wide-awake, alive and kicking, full of beans (informal), rested

2. bored, fed up, weary, sick, annoyed, irritated, pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), exasperated, pissed off (taboo slang), irked I was tired of being a bookkeeper.
bored keen on, enthusiastic about, fond of

3. hackneyed, stale, well-worn, old, stock, familiar, conventional, corny (slang), threadbare, trite, clichéd, outworn I didn't want to hear one of his tired excuses.
hackneyed original, innovative, imaginative

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tired

adjective

1. Out of patience with:

disgusted, fed up, sick, weary.

Idiom: sick and tired.

2. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:

Translations

ضَجِر من، غَيْر مُهْتَممُتْعَبمُتْعَب، مُرْهَق

unavený

træt

müde überdrüssig

κουρασμένος

laca

cansado fatigado agotado cansada

väsynyt

fatigué fatiguée

umoran

beleunt: vmibe beleuntfáradt

lelah

leiîur áòreytturþreyttur

stanco stracco affaticato

疲れた

피곤한

izčrpannaveličanutrujen

trött

เหน็ดเหนื่อย

yorgun-den bıkmış

mệt

厌烦的疲劳的累了的

tired

[ˈtaɪəd] ADJ

1. [person, eyes] → cansado; [voice] → cansino
to be/feel tired → estar/sentirse cansado
my legs/eyes are tired → tengo las piernas cansadas/los ojos cansados
to get tired → cansarse
to look tired → tener cara de cansancio
to be tired of sb/sth → estar cansado or aburrido de algn/algo
to get or grow tired of (doing) sth → cansarse or aburrirse de (hacer) algo
to be tired out → estar agotado or rendido
see also sick A3

2. (fig) (= worn-out) [coat] → raído, gastado; [car, chair] → cascado; [cliché, ritual, excuse] → manido, trillado
a tired lettuce leaf → una hoja de lechuga mustia
it's a tired old cliché → es un tópico muy manido or trillado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tired

[ˈtaɪə^rd] adj → fatigué(e)
I'm tired → Je suis fatigué.
to feel tired → se sentir fatigué(e)
to look tired → avoir l'air fatigué
to be tired of sth → être fatigué(e) de qch
I am tired of all the speculation → Je suis fatigué de toutes ces spéculations.
to be tired of doing sth → être fatigué(e) de faire qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tired

adj

(= fatigued) → müde; cliché → abgegriffen; tired out → völlig erschöpft; tired and emotional (hum inf: = drunk) → nicht mehr ganz nüchtern

to be tired of somebody/something → jds/einer Sache (gen) → müde or überdrüssig sein (geh), → jdn/etw leid sein, jdn/etw satthaben; to get tired of somebody/something → jdn/etw sattbekommen; I’m tired of telling you → ich habe es satt, dir das zu sagen; I’m tired of people making money out of me → ich habe es satt, dass Leute mich finanziell ausnutzen; to be tired to death (of something) (inf) → die Nase (von etw) gestrichen voll haben (inf); you make me tired! → du regst mich auf!

(= old) → müde; a tired, worn-out organization → eine müde, verbrauchte Organisation; a tired lettuce leaf → ein schlaffes Salatblatt

(pej: = boring, stale) → langweilig; another one of his tired excuses → wieder eine seiner langweiligen Ausreden; their advertising is getting rather tired → ihrer Werbung fehlt allmählich der Schwung or Pep (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tired

[ˈtaɪəd] adj

a. → stanco/a
to be/feel/look tired → essere/sentirsi/sembrare stanco/a
to be tired of sb/sth → essere stanco/a or stufo/a di qn/qc
to get or grow tired of doing sth → stancarsi di fare qc

b. (fig) (cliché) → trito/a e ritrito/a (fig) (shabby) → consunto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tire²

(ˈtaiə) verb

to make, or become, physically or mentally in want of rest, because of lack of strength, patience, interest etc; to weary. Walking tired her; She tires easily.

tired adjective

1. wearied; exhausted. She was too tired to continue; a tired child.

2. (with of) no longer interested in; bored with. I'm tired of (answering) stupid questions!

ˈtiredness noun

ˈtireless adjective

never becoming weary or exhausted; never resting. a tireless worker; tireless energy/enthusiasm.

ˈtirelessly adverb

ˈtirelessness noun

ˈtiresome adjective

troublesome; annoying.

ˈtiresomely adverb

ˈtiresomeness noun

ˈtiring adjective

causing (physical) tiredness. I've had a tiring day; The journey was very tiring.

tire out

to tire or exhaust completely. The hard work tired her out.

tired

→ مُتْعَب unavený træt müde κουρασμένος cansado väsynyt fatigué umoran stanco 疲れた 피곤한 moe trøtt zmęczony cansado усталый trött เหน็ดเหนื่อย yorgun mệt 累了的

tired

a. cansado-a, fatigado-a.

I'm tired → Jsem unavený → Jeg er træt → Ich bin müde → Είμαι κουρασμένος → Estoy cansado → Olen väsynyt → Je suis fatigué → Umoran sam → Sono stanco → 私は疲れています → 피곤해요 → Ik ben moe → Jeg er trøtt → Jestem zmęczony → Eu estou cansado → Я устал → Jag är trött → ฉันเหนื่อย → Yorgunum → Tôi mệt → 我累了
I'm a little tired → Jsem trochu unavený → Jeg er lidt træt → Ich bin etwas müde → Estoy un poco cansado → Olen vähän väsynyt → Je suis un peu fatigué → Malo sam umoran → Sono un po' stanco → 私は少し疲れています → 좀 피곤해요 → Ik ben een beetje moe → Jeg er litt sliten → Jestem trochę zmęczony → Eu estou um pouco cansado → Jag är lite trött → Biraz yorgunum → Tôi hơi mệt → 我有点累了

tired

adj (también — out) cansado; to get — (out) cansarse

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Happy indeed is he, who has his top and cares still to spin it; for to be tired of our tops is to be tired of life, saith the preacher.

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In a dozen leaps and bounds, he came to the village, tired out, puffing like a whale, and with tongue hanging.

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"I'm just tired out -- that is what is the matter with me," she said, when she thankfully found herself alone in her own room.

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