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.