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tired

/taɪəd/
verb

  1. To become sleepy or weary.

  2. To make sleepy or weary.

  3. To become bored or impatient (with).

    "I tire of this book."

verb

  1. To dress or adorn.

verb

  1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.

  2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

adjective

  1. In need of some rest or sleep.

  2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

    "I'm tired of this"

  3. Overused, cliché.

    "a tired song"

Synonymsexhausted, fatigued, languid, sleepy

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