as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
fed up with the noise and bustle of the big city, the family decided to try country life
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Recent Examples of fed up
Because Eve is working with him now, and I’m fed up hearing about Steven this, Steven that, and that Steven Spielberg is now the adult in the room in our house.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Finally fed up with Carmy’s kitchen’s dysfunction, Ayo Edebiri’s Sydney also debates leaving The Bear behind and joining a new restaurant.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 May 2025
Antelope Valley residents say they are fed up with rampant dumping and inaction by officials.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Moni Khadka is fed up with splitting his attention between two teachers.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Finally fed up with Carmy’s kitchen’s dysfunction, Ayo Edebiri’s Sydney also debates leaving The Bear behind and joining a new restaurant.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 May 2025
Antelope Valley residents say they are fed up with rampant dumping and inaction by officials.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Moni Khadka is fed up with splitting his attention between two teachers.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed up
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While infants and toddlers between the ages of 0 to 2 years are more likely to experience a stuffy nose, cough, poor appetite, fussiness, and sleep problems, children between the ages of 3 to 5 years mainly complain of sleepiness, feeling tired during daytime, low energy and dry cough.—
Anuradha Varanasi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Family members said Jacobs had talked about feeling tired, but not about wanting to take his own life.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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Voters would smell that and, anyway, Harris would be miserably bored in the state Capitol dealing with budget minutiae and relatively inexperienced legislative leaders.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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RuPaul wants a Drag Superstar, not an ordinary girl who gets lazy and gets bored.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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He’s got a base, but there are all these polls that show the youth are really sick and tired.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Aside from the recent results, the Nuggets are just plain sick and tired of Minnesota.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2025
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