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tiredest

tiredest is the superlative form of tired.

Meaning of tired

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
  2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
    • I'm tired of this
  3. Overused, cliché.
    • a tired song
  4. Old and worn.
    • a tired-looking hotel room
  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...

Questions about tiredest

What is tiredest the superlative form of?
Tiredest is the superlative form of tired.

Words near tiredest in the dictionary

  1. Tirebolu
  2. tired
  3. tired and emotional
  4. tired out
  5. tireder
  6. tiredest
  7. tiredish
  8. tiredly
  9. tiredness
  10. tirednesses
  11. tiredsome

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