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tired

adjective A1
  1. In need of some rest or sleep.
  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. Played out, ineffectual; incompetent. (slang)

Comparative tireder · Superlative tiredest

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They grow tired of the nuts they pick, and throw them down.
The Jungle Book, p. 45 · B2
They may have dropped him already, being tired of carrying him.
The Jungle Book, p. 40 · B2
All this will show you how much Mowgli had to learn by heart, and he grew very tired of saying the same thing over a hundred times.
The Jungle Book, p. 31 · B2
“I’m getting tired of this.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 53 · B2

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