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[ dawg-tahyuhrd, dog- ] / ˈdɔgˈtaɪərd, ˈdɒg- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dog-tired ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveutterly exhausted; worn out. Origin of dog-tiredFirst recorded in 1800–10 Words nearby dog-tiredDog Star, dog's-tongue, dog's-tooth check, dog tag, dog tick, dog-tired, dogtooth, dogtooth violet, dog train, dogtrot, dog tucker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dog-tiredRather, Obama sounded like a dog-tired idealist forced to grapple painfully with hard reality. Exclusive: President Obama Asks Campaign Donors to Send Him More Money|Lloyd Grove|June 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST I could not but acquiesce, for I was “dog-tired,” and could not have sat up had I tried. If Billy had not been so dog-tired last night, he would have sat up and made John tell him everything from beginning to end. The men were dog-tired, my guide was not certain of the road, though he never missed it, and I had never realised the distance. A Company of Tanks|W. H. L. Watson
So saying, she gathered up her gloves and parasol, and swept up-stairs declaring that she was too dog-tired to talk. The Testing of Diana Mallory|Mrs. Humphry Ward We are too dirty and dog-tired when we tumble down, and have too little time to sleep it off. On the Track|Henry Lawson
British Dictionary definitions for dog-tired
adjective(usually postpositive) informal exhausted Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dog-tiredwasted, finished, used, dead, lost, drained, distressed, sleepy, overworked, fatigued, stale, bored, annoyed, irritated, exasperated, exhausted, jaded, disgusted, impatient, disabled |