tired

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of tiresimple past and past participle of tire

adjective

1. 1

   In need of some rest or sleep.

2. 2

   Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

   I'm tired of this

3. 3

   Overused, cliché.

   a tired song

4. 4

   Old and worn.

   a tired-looking hotel room

5. 5

   slangPlayed out, ineffectual; incompetent.

   They even went so far as to question whether indigenous peoples are 'peoples' in a tired attempt to deny the status of indigenous peoples in order to deny their right to self-determination.

   A tired attempt at a smile worked its way across Akechi's lips, lopsided and faint.

adjective

1. 1

   Variant of tyredAlternative form of tyred.

   With the replacement of the horse by the automobile these detrimental effects would disappear. The cost of road maintenance in parks and elsewhere would be reduced to a minimum, with the action of the elements as the only cause of “wear,” while the “tear,” which proceeds entirely from the impact of horses’ feet and the cutting of metal-tired carriage wheels would be entirely done away with.

   From Lathrop hall, Madison’s steel tired locomobiles will take the picnickers out to the suburb of South Madison.

   I remember clearly the drive down Pennsylvania Avenue to the depot, the iron-tired wheels of our carriage rattling and bumping over the cobblestones.

   “Never travel into a crossing until the flashing lights go out completely,” SEPTA Assistant General Manager of System Safety Jim Fox said Wednesday. “There may be a second train coming from the opposite direction that will re-activate the gates. Trains can’t swerve to avoid something in their way or stop on a dime like a rubber-tired vehicle.”

Forms

comparative

more tired, tireder

superlative

most tired, tiredest