tired
adjective (NEEDING REST) /taɪəd/
/taɪrd/ Definition
A1 in need of rest or sleep: I was so tired when I got home from work last night that I had a quick nap. My legs are tired. She spoke in a tired voice.Tired and making tired tiredness /ˈtaɪəd.nəs/
/taɪrd-/ noun [U] B2 He said that it was tiredness that led him to make the mistake. I was overtaken by a sudden wave of tiredness.Tired and making tired tiredly /ˈtaɪəd.li/
/ˈtaɪrd-/ adverb › feeling or showing a need to rest or sleepTired and making tired
/taɪrd-/ noun [U] B2 He said that it was tiredness that led him to make the mistake. I was overtaken by a sudden wave of tiredness.Tired and making tired tiredly /ˈtaɪəd.li/
/ˈtaɪrd-/ adverb › feeling or showing a need to rest or sleepTired and making tired(Definition of tired adjective (NEEDING REST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- bleary adjective
- comatose adjective
- fatigued adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- jet lag noun
- poop verb (TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- run yourself into the ground idiom
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- whacked adjective
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