tired

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tired

[ˈtaɪ̯əd] UK
[ˈtɑjəd] British, Southern, Standard
[ˈtajəd] Multicultural London English
[ˈtæ̞ːəd] Multicultural London English
[ˈtaɪ̯ɚd] US, Ireland
[ˈtaɪ̯(ə)ɹd] Canada
[ˈtəj(ə)ɹd] Canada

Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)d

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of tire

adjective more tired · tireder · most tired · tiredest

In need of some rest or sleep. The famous words of Emma Lazarus on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty read: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Until 1921 this was an accurate picture of our society. Under present law it would be appropriate to add: “as long as they come from Northern
Similar: jaded, exhausted, fatigued, languid, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of. I'm tired of this
Similar: frustrated, sick and tired, weary, annoyed, angry, aggravated, agitated, bothered, exasperated, irritable, irritated, irked
Overused, cliché. a tired song
Similar: banal, played out, trite, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, clichéd, commonplace, corny, dog-eared, hackneyed
Old and worn. a tired-looking hotel room
Similar: outworn, shabby, worn-out, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty, munted, passé
derogatory, slang Played out, ineffectual; incompetent. They even went so far as to question whether indigenous peoples are 'peoples' in a tired attempt to deny the status of indigenous peoples in order to deny their right to self-determination.
Similar: fruitless, inane, useless, bootless, barren, futile, sterile, gainless, idle, dry, ineffectual, inefficacious

adjective

alternative, not comparable Alternative form of tyred With the replacement of the horse by the automobile these detrimental effects would disappear. The cost of road maintenance in parks and elsewhere would be reduced to a minimum, with the action of the elements as the only cause of “wear,” while the “tear,” which proceeds entirely from the impact of

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: careworn, bleary, drawn, all in, haggard, bushed, exhausted, whacked, played out, fatigued, aweary, weary, spent, raddled, shopworn, washed-out

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adj in need of rest or sleep

Español	cansado, fatigado
한국어	피곤한 pigonhan
日本語	疲れた tsukareta
中文	累 lèi, 疲 pí, 疲倦 píjuàn, 疲累 pílèi
हिन्दी	थका thakā
Kiswahili	-choka
Português	cansado
Français	fatigué
Deutsch	müde
Italiano	stanco, esausto, distrutto, affaticato, stracco
Ελληνικά	κουρασμένος kourasménos
Română	obosit, ostenit
Русский	уста́лый ustályj, уста́вший ustávšij, утомлённый utomljónnyj
Tiếng Việt	mệt mỏi, mệt nhọc
العربية	مُتْعَب mutʕab, تَعْبَان taʕbān
עברית	עייף \ עָיֵף ayéf

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@misc{tired_2026,
  title = {tired},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tired},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}