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tired
verb
adjective
To become sleepy or weary.
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/taɪəd/ /taɪəd/ /taɪɚd/
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verb
To become sleepy or weary.
To make sleepy or weary.
To become bored or impatient (with).
“I tire of this book.”
To bore.
verb
To dress or adorn.
verb
To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
adjective
In need of some rest or sleep.
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
“I'm tired of this”
Overused, cliché.
“a tired song”
Ineffectual; incompetent
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Example Sentences
I tire of this book.
I'm tired of this
a tired song
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