- feeling that you would like to sleep or rest; needing rest synonym weary
- to be/look/feel tired
- I'm too tired even to think.
- They were cold, hungry and tired out (= very tired).
- He still felt really tired and wanted to stay in bed.
- tired from something I'm still a bit tired from the journey.
- tired from doing something I take the bus when my legs get tired from walking.
- We were both so dead tired that we kept falling asleep.
- She was tired after a long day at the office.
- tired feet
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1- Of course I'm not ill. I'm just tired.
- Polly suddenly felt awfully tired.
- The walk left me quite tired out.
- The words danced on the page before his tired eyes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- from
- tired and drawn
- feeling that you have had enough of somebody/something because you no longer find them/it interesting or because they make you angry or unhappy
- tired of somebody/something I'm sick and tired of all the arguments.
- She had grown heartily tired of his company.
- tired of doing something She was tired of hearing about their trip to India.
- tired of somebody doing something I'm really tired of people complaining about us.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- sick and tired
- boring because it is too familiar or has been used too much
- He always comes out with the same tired old jokes.
Extra Examples- 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.
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