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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for tired

Verb

1. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade, devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
usage: get tired of something or somebody
2. tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue, indispose
usage: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
3. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire, consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
usage: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
4. bore, tire
usage: cause to be bored

Adjective

1. tired (vs. rested), all in(predicate), beat(predicate), bushed(predicate), dead(predicate), aweary, weary, bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed, bored, world-weary, burned-out, burnt-out, careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn, drooping, flagging, exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate), footsore, jaded, wearied, knackered, drained, travel-worn, unrefreshed, unrested, whacked, ragged
usage: depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
2. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(prenominal), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn, unoriginal (vs. original)
usage: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
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