tired
Needing to rest or sleep
خسته
His insistence makes me tired.
اصرار او مرا خسته مىكند.
needing to rest or sleep
خسته، مانده
His insistence makes me tired.
اصرار او مرا خسته مىكند.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
tired
adjective
needing to rest or sleep:
I've been working all day and I'm tired out (= extremely tired).
He's feeling tired.
be tired of something to have had or done too much of something, so that you do not want it any longer:
I'm tired of watching TV – let's go out.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tired
tired S1 W2 /taɪəd $ taɪrd/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: tired, tireless, tiresome, tiring; verb: tire; noun: tiredness; adverb: tirelessly]
1. feeling that you want to sleep or rest
so tired (that)
• I’m so tired I could sleep for a week.
too tired to do something
• He was too tired to argue.
• He looks tired out (=very tired).
• ‘No,’ Frank said in a tired voice.
2. tired of (doing) something bored with something, because it is no longer interesting, or has become annoying:
• I’m tired of watching television; let’s go for a walk.
• I was getting tired of all her negative remarks.
3. familiar and boring OPP fresh:
• tired old speeches
—tiredness noun [uncountable]
—tiredly adverb
⇨ dog-tired, ⇨ be sick (and tired) of something at sick1(6)
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest: • I was really tired the next day. | • the tired faces of the children
▪ exhausted extremely tired: • I was exhausted after the long trip home. | • He sat down, exhausted. | • She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
▪ worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard: • With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
▪ weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time: • weary travellers | • a weary sigh | • He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
▪ fatigued formal very tired: • They were too fatigued to continue with the climb. | • Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
▪ drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone: • Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
▪ bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired: • I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early. | • I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
▪ knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation: • By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
▪ shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired: • When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
▪ dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep: • I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.
■ almost asleep
▪ sleepy wanting to sleep very soon, so that your eyes start to close: • I’m feeling quite sleepy. I think I’ll go to bed. | • She rubbed her sleepy eyes.
▪ drowsy starting to sleep because you are in a warm place, have drunk too much alcohol, or have taken medicine: • The tablets can make you feel drowsy. | • She was beginning to feel a little drowsy after all the food and wine she had consumed.
▪ can’t keep your eyes open/can hardly keep your eyes open to feel so tired that you find it difficult to stay awake: • I’d better get some rest – I can’t keep my eyes open. | • He had been driving all night, and he could hardly keep his eyes open.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
tired
tired [tired tireder tiredest] [ˈtaɪəd] [ˈtaɪərd] adjective
1. feeling that you would like to sleep or rest; needing rest
Syn: weary
• to be/look/feel tired
• I'm too tired even to think.
• They were cold, hungry and tired out (= very tired).
• tired feet
2. feeling that you have had enough of sb/sth because you no longer find them/it interesting or because they make you angry or unhappy
• ~ of sb/sth I'm sick and tired of all the arguments.
• ~ of doing sth She was tired of hearing about their trip to India.
3. boring because it is too familiar or has been used too much
• He always comes out with the same tired old jokes.
see also dog-tired
Derived Words: tiredly ▪ tiredness
Example Bank:
• He looked tired and drawn.
• I'm sick and tired of listening to you complain.
• I'm still a bit tired from the journey.
• Of course I'm not ill. I'm just tired.
• Polly suddenly felt awfully tired.
• She had grown heartily tired of his company.
• The walk left me quite tired out.
• He began with a few tired old jokes.
• I'm too tired even to think.
• It's a tired cliché-ridden definition of leadership.
• It's the same tired advice that was given to my mother.
• The word ‘empowering’ is tired and overused.
• The words danced on the page before his tired eyes.
• They were cold, hungry and tired out.
tire
tire [tire tires tired tiring] verb, noun [ˈtaɪə(r)] [ˈtaɪər]
verb intransitive, transitive ~ (sb)
to become tired and feel as if you want to sleep or rest; to make sb feel this way
• Her legs were beginning to tire.
• He has made a good recovery but still tires easily.
Word Origin:
v. Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
Example Bank:
• She found herself tiring more quickly these days.
• The long walk had really tired me out.
• He has made a good recovery but he still tires easily.
• Long conversations tired her.
Idiom: never tire of doing something
Derived: tire of somebody ▪ tire somebody out
noun (NAmE) (BrE tyre)
a thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc
• a front tire
• a back/rear tire
• to pump up a tire
• a flat/burst/punctured tire
• bald/worn tires
• to check your tire pressure
• He drove off with a screech of tires.
see also spare tyre
Word Origin:
v. Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.
See also: tyre
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
tired / taɪəd / / taɪrd / adjective (NEEDING REST)
A1 in need of rest or sleep:
I was so tired when I got home from work last night that I had a quick nap.
My legs are tired.
She spoke in a tired voice.
tiredness / ˈtaɪəd.nəs / / taɪrd- / noun [ U ]
B2
He said that it was tiredness that led him to make the mistake.
I was overtaken by a sudden wave of tiredness.
tiredly / ˈtaɪəd.li / / ˈtaɪrd- / adverb
feeling or showing a need to rest or sleep
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
tired / taɪəd / / taɪrd / adjective (NOT INTERESTING)
disapproving describes people, ideas, or subjects that are not interesting because they are very familiar:
It's always the same tired old faces at these meetings.
be tired of sth/sb B1 to be bored with an activity or person:
I'm so tired of doing the same job, day after day.
Don't you get tired of quarrelling all the time?
I'm sick and tired of you telling me what to do all the time.
tiredly / ˈtaɪəd.li / / ˈtaɪrd- / adverb
feeling or showing a need to rest or sleep
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
tired
[ta͟ɪ͟ə(r)d]
1) ADJ-GRADED 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.
Derived words:
tiredness N-UNCOUNT He had to cancel some engagements because of tiredness.
2) ADJ-GRADED 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) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ of n/-ing 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...
I was tired of being a bookkeeper.
Syn:
sick
4) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe something as tired, you are critical of it because you have heard it or seen it many times.
I didn't want to hear another one of his tired excuses...
What we see at Westminster is a tired old ritual.
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
tired
tired adj [more ~; most ~]
1 : feeling a need to rest or sleep : weary
• I was really tired after the long trip.
• She's too tired to go out tonight.
• tired muscles
• The children were tired after the hike.
- see also dog-tired
2 : bored or annoyed by something because you have heard it, seen it, done it, etc., for a long time - + of
• He's tired of working for other people.
• Are you tired of your job?
• I got tired of listening to her.
• She never gets tired of their music.
• I'm sick and tired of [=very tired of] your complaining.
3 disapproving : used over and over again
• We had to listen to the same old tired excuses again.
• a tired joke
4 : worn down by long use : run-down
• a neighborhood of tired houses
• a tired old town
- tired·ly adv
• She tiredly leaned her head back.
- tired·ness noun [noncount]
