Crossword Dictionary
TIRED
tired - a
depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
Synonyms
all in, aweary [archaic], beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, drained, exhausted, fatigued, jaded, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], prostrate, spent, tapped out, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, weary, wiped out, worn, worn-out
Examples
“I know you must be tired, so I will let you rest.â€
“The toddlers were both tired and cranky.â€
“She was so tired that she has fallen asleep on the sofa in my room.â€
Etymology
"exhausted, fatigued, weary," early 15c., past-participle adjective from tire (v.).
tire (v.1)
"to weary," also "to become weary," Old English teorian (Kentish tiorian) "to fail, cease; become weary; make weary, exhaust," of uncertain origin; according to Watkins possibly from Proto-Germanic *teuzon, from a suffixed form of PIE root *deu- (1) "to lack, be wanting." Related: Tired; tiring.
- ABHORRED
- ACCEPTED
- AFFECTED
- AFFLICTED
- AILED
- BOTHERED
- CLOYED
- DECAYED
- DERANGED
- DETERIORATED
- DISAGREED
- DISGUSTED
- DISORDERED
- DISPLEASED
- DROOPED
- EXHAUSTED
- FASTIDIOUS
- FEDUP
- GOTTEN
- GRODY
- HORRIFIED
- LANGUISHED
- NAUSEATED
- NAUSEOUS
- OFFENDED
- OUTRAGED
- OVERWROUGHT
- QUEASY
- RELAPSED
- REPELLED
- REPULSED
- REVOLVED
- SATIATED
- SCANDALIZED
- SCARED
- SQUEAMISH
- SUFFERED
- UNBALANCED
- UNDONE
- UNHAPPY
- UNHINGED
- UNSETTLED
- WEARIED
- WEARY