tar'd

Adjective

tired (comparative more tired or tireder, superlative most tired or tiredest)

1. In need of some rest or sleep.
   • The famous words of Emma Lazarus on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty read: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Until 1921 this was an accurate picture of our society. Under present law it would be appropriate to add: “as long as they come from...1964, John F. Kennedy, “Where We Stand”, in A Nation of Immigrants, Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77

   Synonyms:

   jaded, exhausted, fatigued, languid, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out

2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
   • I'm tired of this

   Synonyms:

   frustrated, sick and tired, weary, annoyed, angry, aggravated, agitated, bothered, exasperated, irritable

3. Overused, cliché.
   • a tired song

   Synonyms:

   banal, played out, trite, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, clichéd, commonplace, corny

4. Old and worn.
   • a tired-looking hotel room

   Synonyms:

   outworn, shabby, worn-out, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty

5. (derogatory, slang, African-American Vernacular) Played 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.2011, Dalee Sambo Dorough, “Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Arctive Perspective”, in Stephen Allen, Alexandra Xanthaki, editors, Reflections on the UN...

   Synonyms:

   fruitless, inane, useless, bootless, barren, futile, sterile, gainless, idle, dry