INDEX:
1. feeling tired, bored, or annoyed
RELATED WORDS
opposite
↑ EXCITED/EXCITING
↑ HAPPY
see also
↑ SAD
↑ BORING/BORED
↑ ANGRY
↑ DISAPPOINTED
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1. feeling tired, bored, or annoyed
▷ be fed up /biː ˌfed ˈʌp/ [verb phrase]
to feel tired, bored, and annoyed, especially because something annoying keeps happening or something has continued for too long :
be fed up with
▪ He tells me he’s fed up with school. Maybe that’s why his grades have been so bad.
be fed up with doing something
▪ I’m fed up with watching what I eat.
get fed up
▪ He waited for two hours, then he got fed up and left.
▪ I’m getting fed up with this cold weather.
▷ be tired of /biː ˈtaɪəʳd ɒv/ [verb phrase]
to be fed up because you have been doing something or have experienced something boring, annoying etc for too long :
▪ He just seems to be tired of the whole thing.
be tired of doing something
▪ Gabrielle was tired of staying at home with the children.
get tired of something
▪ Well, if you get tired of life in the city, you can always come back home.
▪ I’m getting tired of chicken for dinner every night.
▷ be sick of /biː ˈsɪk əv something/ [verb phrase]
to be very fed up and annoyed, especially with a situation or someone’s behaviour that has continued for much too long :
▪ After living here for ten years, we’re sick of Los Angeles.
be sick of doing something
▪ I’m sick of living with my parents.
be sick and tired of something/be sick to death of something
use this when something is extremely annoying or boring
▪ You must be sick and tired of having to deal with other people’s problems all day.
▪ I’m sick to death of all these stupid questions about my private life.
▷ have had enough /həv ˌhæd ɪˈnʌf/ [verb phrase]
if you have had enough of someone’s behaviour, the way someone is treating you etc, you are very fed up with it and will not accept it any longer :
▪ The work was boring and the office was depressing. By the end of the first week she had had enough.
have had enough of
▪ Stop interrupting. I’ve had just about enough of you and your stupid remarks.
▪ After thirty years, MacMillan had had enough of management.
▷ have had it /həv ˈhæd ɪt/ [verb phrase] spoken
say this when you are so fed up with someone’s behaviour or a situation that you cannot accept it any longer :
▪ I’ve had it. I’m taking the kids and going to Mom’s.
have had it with
▪ She’s looking for another job -- she’s just about had it with this place.
have had it up to here
▪ I tell you, I’ve just about had it up to here -- what with all the staffing problems and now the computer breaking down. I feel like quitting.
have had it up to here with somebody/something
▪ Dave’s had it up to here with the kids. They’ve been complaining and arguing all day.
▷ be pissed off /biː ˌpɪst ˈɒf/ [verb phrase] informal
to be very fed up - use this only in informal situations and to people you know well :
▪ I think you’d better try and cheer her up. She’s really pissed off.
be pissed off with
▪ She’s pissed off with him for calling her all the time.
▷ be at the end of your tether British /be at the end of your rope American /biː ət ði ˌend əv jɔːʳ ˈteðəʳ, biː ət ðiː ˌend əv jɔːʳ ˈrəʊp/ [verb phrase]
to be so worried, tired, and unhappy that you feel you can no longer deal with a difficult, unpleasant, or upsetting situation :
▪ I had no money, my husband was sick, and I couldn’t get a job. I was at the end of my tether.
▪ She didn’t know what to do to stop the baby crying -- she was at the end of her rope.
▷ jaded /ˈdʒeɪdɪd, ˈdʒeɪdəd/ [adjective]
fed up with an activity or job because you have been doing it for a very long time and you no longer find it interesting or exciting :
▪ After two years of the same routine I was feeling jaded.
▪ The beauty of St. Petersburg will impress even the most jaded tourist.
▪ Mick Jagger arrived at the airport looking jaded after almost a year of touring.