tired

/taɪəd/ adjective

Definition

› feeling that you want to rest or sleep: I'm too tired to go out tonight. He was tired out (= very tired) by the end of the day. She never seems to get tired.

tired of doing sth › bored or annoyed by something that has happened too often: I'm tired of listening to her problems.

tiredness noun [U]

(Definition of tired adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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tire of sth/doing sth
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tire verb
tire sb out
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