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tired (iou)



tired adjective. LME.
[from TIRE verb1 + -ED1.]
Weakened by exertion etc.; exhausted, fatigued (also tired out). Also, sick or weary of, impatient with; slang habitually or incorrigibly lazy. LME.
J. Buchan In about a week I was tired of seeing sights. J. Steinbeck He..massaged the tired muscles. Lebende Sprachen I am tired enough to drop.
Overused, exhausted; (of language) hackneyed, trite. M18.
V. S. Reid When one whole family must live off a little acre, soon the acre will be tired. Hair A good brush through..brings back..life to a tired style. She It's a tired old joke that women become like their mothers.
b. (Of food, flowers, etc.) limp, no longer fresh; (of clothes) crumpled, shapeless, baggy through long wear. L19.
Phrases & special collocations: make tired slang (orig. US) get on the nerves of, irritate. sick and tired of: see SICK adjective. the tired businessman iron. a businessman with short working hours and pleasure-loving habits. tired and emotional joc. euphem. drunk. tired Tim [with allus. to two tramps (the other weary Willie), characters in the comic magazine Illustrated Chips] a tramp, a work-shy person.
tiredly adverb M17.
tiredness noun M16.