If you are tired, you feel that you want to rest or sleep.
Michael is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.
Synonyms: exhausted, fatigued, weary, spent More Synonyms of tired
tirednessuncountable noun
He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.
2. adjective
You can describe a part of your body as tired if it looks or feels as if you need to rest it or to sleep.
Cucumber is good for soothing tired eyes.
My arms are tired, and my back is tense.
3. adjective
If you are tired of something, you do not want it to continue because you are bored of it or unhappy with it.
I am tired of all the speculation. [+ of]
I was tired of being a bookkeeper. [+ of]
Synonyms: bored, fed up, weary, sick [informal] More Synonyms of tired
4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as tired, you are critical of it because you have heard it or seen it many times.
[disapproval]
I didn't want to hear another one of his tired excuses.
What we see at Westminster is a tired old ritual.
Synonyms: hackneyed, stale, well-worn, old More Synonyms of tired
tired in British English
(ˈtaɪəd)
adjective
1.
weary; fatigued
2. (foll by of)
a.
having lost interest in; bored
I'm tired of playing cards
b.
having lost patience with; exasperated by
I'm tired of his eternal excuses
3.
hackneyed; stale
the same tired old jokes
4. tired and emotional
Derived forms
tiredly (ˈtiredly)
adverb
tiredness (ˈtiredness)
noun
tired in American English
(taɪrd)
adjective
1.
fatigued, worn-out, or weary
2.
stale; hackneyed
Idioms:
make someone tired
SYNONYMY NOTE: tired is applied to one who has been drained of much of his strength and energy throughexertion, boredom, impatience, etc. [tired by years of hard toil]; weary (or , weary verb transitive) suggests such depletion of energy or interest as to make one unable or unwillingto continue [weary of study]; exhausted implies a total draining of strength and energy, as after a long, hard climb; fatigue refers to one who has lost so much energy through prolonged exertion that rest andsleep are essential [fatigued at the end of the day]; fag1, an informal word, suggests great exhaustion or fatigue from hard, unremitting workor exertion [completely fagged after a set of tennis]
Derived forms
tiredly (ˈtiredly)
adverb
tiredness (ˈtiredness)
noun
Word origin
ME (Northern) tyrit < tiren: see tire1
Synonyms of 'tired'
exhausted, fatigued, weary, spent
bored, fed up, weary, sick
hackneyed, stale, well-worn, old
More Synonyms of tired
In other languages
tired
British English: tired /ˈtaɪəd/ ADJECTIVE
If you are tired, you feel that you want to rest or sleep.
She was too tired to take a shower.
American English: tired
Arabic: مُتْعَب
Brazilian Portuguese: cansado
Chinese: 累了的
Croatian: umoran
Czech: unavený
Danish: træt
Dutch: moe
European Spanish: cansado
Finnish: väsynyt
French: fatigué
German: müde
Greek: κουρασμένος
Italian: stanco
Japanese: 疲れた
Korean: 피곤한
Norwegian: trøtt
Polish: zmęczony
European Portuguese: cansado
Romanian: obosit
Russian: усталый
Latin American Spanish: cansado
Swedish: trött
Thai: เหน็ดเหนื่อย
Turkish: yorgun
Ukrainian: втомлений
Vietnamese: mệt
All related terms of 'tired'
overtire
to make or become too tired
tire
If something tires you or if you tire , you feel that you have used a lot of energy and you want to rest or sleep .
dog-tired
If you say that you are dog-tired , you are emphasizing that you are extremely tired .
tired out
exhausted ; fatigued
make someone tired
to annoy or vex someone
tire out
If something tires you out , it makes you exhausted .
tired and emotional
slightly drunk
seik
inclined or likely to vomit
sick
If you are sick , you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill.
sik
inclined or likely to vomit
Chinese translation of 'tired'
tired
(ˈtaɪəd)
adj
累的 (lèi de)
to be tired of (doing) sth厌(厭)倦于(於)(做)某事 (yànjuàn yú (zuò) mǒushì)
请勿将 tired 与 tiring 混淆。如果你 tired,说明你感到疲劳,需要休息。 Do you mind if I sit down? I'm feeling very tired.tiring 的任务或旅途让人感到 tired。 Looking after young children is very tiring ... I went to bed early after the long and tiring journey.
tire
(ˈtaɪəʳ)
n
(US) =tyre
vt
(= make tired) (also tire out) 使疲劳(勞) (shǐ píláo)
vi
(= become tired) 疲劳(勞) (píláo)
to tire of sth对(對)某事感到厌(厭)倦了 (duì mǒushì gǎndào yànjuàn le)