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| a little |
If you are a little tired, you are tired to a small degree. If you usually read a little before going to sleep, then you read for a small amount of time before you go to sleep. [1/3 definitions] |
| beat |
(informal) very tired; exhausted. [1/9 definitions] |
| bore2 |
to make tired by being dull. [1/2 definitions] |
| bored |
feeling tired or restless because of having to do something that is not interesting. |
| burn out |
to become extremely tired and no longer interested in doing something. [1/2 definitions] |
| condition |
A condition is the way someone or something is. If your shoes are dirty, being dirty is the condition of the shoes. If a person is tired, then being tired is that person's condition. "Clean," "broken," "cold," "sticky," "wet," and "slippery" are some words that are used to describe the condition of things in the world. [1/6 definitions] |
| dead |
Sometimes people say they are dead when they mean they are very, very tired. [2/9 definitions] |
| done in |
(informal) very tired; worn out. |
| due |
If a game is canceled due to rain, it is canceled because of the rain. If someone is tired due to working too hard, they are tired because they worked too hard. [1/7 definitions] |
| exhaust |
to make tired; wear out. [1/4 definitions] |
| fad |
A fad is a very popular new thing that lots of people are doing or taking an interest in. When something is a fad, people enjoy it a lot for a while, and then they get tired of it and turn their attention to something else. Fads come and go. |
| faint |
very tired, dizzy, or about to become unconscious. [1/4 definitions] |
| fatigue |
the condition of being tired in body or mind. [1/2 definitions] |
| from |
When you are tired from running, it means that running caused you to be tired. [1/5 definitions] |
| haggard |
having a very tired, worried, or wasted look. |
| jet lag |
a feeling of being very tired or not well after traveling by airplane across different time zones. |
| like1 |
"Like" means "as if." If someone looks like they are tired, they look the way they would look if they were tired. They might really be tired or not. If a cookie tastes like it has lemon in it, it tastes the way it would taste if there were lemon in it. It might really have lemon in it or not. [1/4 definitions] |
| linking verb |
a verb that connects a subject to the words that tell about the subject. In the sentence, "I was very tired," "was" is a linking verb. |
| mentally |
If someone is mentally tired, it is their mind that is tired. Maybe they had to spend all day trying to think of solutions to difficult problems, so they are tired of thinking. If a person is mentally active, the way they are active is with their mind. Maybe they can't walk well or exercise, but they read a lot, or write things, or do puzzles that make them think. If a person is mentally ill, there is something wrong with their mind. There may be nothing wrong with their body, though. [1/2 definitions] |
| obviously |
When someone is obviously upset, it is easy to see that they are upset. If you are obviously tired, everyone can see that you are tired. [1/2 definitions] |
| overdo |
to get tired; wear out. [1/3 definitions] |
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