TIRED OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tired of mean? 

• TIRED OF (adjective)
  The adjective TIRED OF has 1 sense:

1. having a strong distaste from surfeit

  Familiarity information: TIRED OF used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIRED OF (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a strong distaste from surfeit

Synonyms:

disgusted; fed up; sick; sick of; tired of

Context example:

tired of the noise and smoke

Similar:

displeased (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)

 Context examples 

Oh! Who can ever be tired of Bath?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I like it very much, and he doesn't seem tired of it yet, which is very good of him, isn't it?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Do let us have a little music,” cried Miss Bingley, tired of a conversation in which she had no share.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Had I forgotten her? or was I so worthless as to have grown tired of her pure society?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I am really tired of exploring so long on one spot.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

So I would advise you two, to set off for town, when you are tired of Barton, without saying a word to Miss Dashwood about it.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Oh, you will grow tired of them, too, of all the female things, if you are unlucky enough to live.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Young gentlemen is generally tired of beef and mutton: have a weal cutlet!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I am tired of being such a humbug.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

And as for you, Johnson, you’ll get so tired of life before I’m through with you that you’ll fling yourself over the side. See if you don’t.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)