What part of speech is tired?

Tired can be categorized as an adjective and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. tired is a verb, past participle of tire (infinitive).
  • 2. tired is a verb, past simple of tire (infinitive).
  • 3. tired is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

  • adjective: tired
  • adverb: tiredly 

What does tired mean?

Definitions

Adjective

tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
tired - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

Verb

tire - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
tire - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
tire - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
tire - cause to be bored

Examples of tired

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Tired mothers with crying babies.
2. adj. Too tired to eat.
3. adj. Christ, you'd think America would get a bit tired of these guys treating her like she was populated with nothing but gullible idiots.
4. adj. Last thing, send me a million dollars, I'm tired of working.
5. adj. George Harrison said that he is tired of listening to people talk about John Lennon....
6. adj. After a couple of weeks I got tired of them.
7. adj. I'm tired.
8. adj. I slept a little during lunch break because I was so tired.
9. adj. Teachers must get tired of rectifying the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
10. adj. I'm tired of eating fast food.
11. adj. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
12. adj. Since you look tired, you had better take a rest.
13. adj. You look tired. You ought to rest for an hour or two.
14. adj. You look very tired.
15. adj. I'm tired of your complaints.
16. verb "If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep?" "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."
17. verb The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
18. verb Now that you are tired, you'd better rest.
19. verb You are tired, and so am I.
20. verb You are tired, aren't you?
21. verb Are you not tired?
22. verb You work too hard these days. Aren't you tired?
23. verb You must be tired after such a long trip.
24. verb He had been repairing the car and looked tired when I arrived home.
25. verb I felt tired from having worked for hours.
26. verb At a glance I knew that he was tired.
27. verb Having worked on the farm all day long, he was completely tired out.
28. verb He must be tired after such hard work.
29. verb I'm tired now.
30. verb If he hadn't been tired, he would've gone.
Sentence  
adj.
Tired mothers with crying babies.
Too tired to eat.
Christ, you'd think America would get a bit tired of these guys treating her like she was populated with nothing but gullible idiots.
Last thing, send me a million dollars, I'm tired of working.
George Harrison said that he is tired of listening to people talk about John Lennon....
After a couple of weeks I got tired of them.
I'm tired.
I slept a little during lunch break because I was so tired.
Teachers must get tired of rectifying the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.
I'm tired of eating fast food.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Since you look tired, you had better take a rest.
You look tired. You ought to rest for an hour or two.
You look very tired.
I'm tired of your complaints.
verb
"If you're tired, why don't you go to sleep?" "Because if I go to sleep now I will wake up too early."
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
Now that you are tired, you'd better rest.
You are tired, and so am I.
You are tired, aren't you?
Are you not tired?
You work too hard these days. Aren't you tired?
You must be tired after such a long trip.
He had been repairing the car and looked tired when I arrived home.
I felt tired from having worked for hours.
At a glance I knew that he was tired.
Having worked on the farm all day long, he was completely tired out.
He must be tired after such hard work.
I'm tired now.
If he hadn't been tired, he would've gone.

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