TIRED


Meaning of TIRED in English

tired S1 W2 /taɪəd $ taɪrd/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ tired , ↑ tireless , ↑ tiresome , ↑ tiring ; verb : ↑ tire ; noun : ↑ tiredness ; adverb : ↑ tirelessly ]

1 . feeling that you want to sleep or rest

so tired (that)

I’m so tired I could sleep for a week.

too tired to do something

He was too tired to argue.

He looks tired out (=very tired) .

‘No,’ Frank said in a tired voice.

2 . tired of (doing) something bored with something, because it is no longer interesting, or has become annoying:

I’m tired of watching television; let’s go for a walk.

I was getting tired of all her negative remarks.

3 . familiar and boring OPP fresh :

tired old speeches

—tiredness noun [uncountable]

—tiredly adverb

⇨ ↑ dog-tired , ⇨ be sick (and tired) of something at ↑ sick 1 (6)

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THESAURUS

▪ tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest:

I was really tired the next day.

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the tired faces of the children

▪ exhausted extremely tired:

I was exhausted after the long trip home.

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He sat down, exhausted.

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She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.

▪ worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard:

With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.

▪ weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time:

weary travellers

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a weary sigh

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He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.

▪ fatigued formal very tired:

They were too fatigued to continue with the climb.

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Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.

▪ drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone:

Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.

▪ bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired:

I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early.

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I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.

▪ knackered British English , pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation:

By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.

▪ shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired:

When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.

▪ dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep:

I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.

■ almost asleep

▪ sleepy wanting to sleep very soon, so that your eyes start to close:

I’m feeling quite sleepy. I think I’ll go to bed.

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She rubbed her sleepy eyes.

▪ drowsy starting to sleep because you are in a warm place, have drunk too much alcohol, or have taken medicine:

The tablets can make you feel drowsy.

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She was beginning to feel a little drowsy after all the food and wine she had consumed.

▪ can’t keep your eyes open/can hardly keep your eyes open to feel so tired that you find it difficult to stay awake:

I’d better get some rest – I can’t keep my eyes open.

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He had been driving all night, and he could hardly keep his eyes open.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.