TIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tired mean? 

• TIRED (adjective)
  The adjective TIRED has 2 senses:

1. depleted of strength or energy

2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

  Familiarity information: TIRED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Depleted of strength or energy

Context example:

too tired to eat

Similar:

all in; beat; bushed; dead (very tired)

aweary; weary (physically and mentally fatigued)

blear; blear-eyed; bleary; bleary-eyed (tired to the point of exhaustion)

bored; world-weary (tired of the world)

burned-out; burnt-out (exhausted as a result of longtime stress)

careworn; drawn; haggard; raddled; worn (showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering)

drooping; flagging (weak from exhaustion)

dog-tired; exhausted; fagged; fatigued; gone; played out; spent; washed-out; worn-out; worn out (drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted)

footsore (having sore or tired feet)

jaded; wearied (exhausted)

drained; knackered (very tired)

ragged (worn out from stress or strain)

travel-worn (tired by travel)

unrefreshed; unrested (not rested or refreshed)

whacked ((British informal) exhausted or worn out)

Antonym:

rested (not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing)

Derivation:

tiredness (temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Synonyms:

banal; commonplace; hackneyed; old-hat; shopworn; stock; threadbare; timeworn; tired; trite; well-worn

Context example:

the trite metaphor 'hard as nails'

Similar:

unoriginal (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual)

 Context examples 

"I cannot: I am tired and sick. I want some water."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

So Mother Holle very soon got tired of her, and told her she might go.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I was dead tired, as you may fancy; and when I got to sleep, which was not till after a great deal of tossing, I slept like a log of wood.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

And yet have these two baby wolves made me very tired.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I do not think I should be tired, if I were to stay here six months.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"I just happen to feel that way, because I'm tired, I guess. But the story was grand just the same, perfectly grand. Where are you goin' to sell it?"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Miss Elliot, I am sure you are tired," cried Mrs Croft.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I'm so tired I can't stir.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 (PHQ-15) Feeling tired or having low energy.

(PHQ-15 - Feeling Tired or Having Low Energy, NCI Thesaurus)

“Remember, to-morrow is coming, and you’re so tired now that you can hardly stand.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)