fed up

adjective

Synonyms of fed upnext
: tired, sated, or disgusted beyond endurance

Examples of fed up in a Sentence

We've had one delay after another, and I'm starting to feel pretty fed up. fed up with the noise and bustle of the big city, the family decided to try country life
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Residents at luxury high rise Astoria Tower in the South Loop are fed up, saying elevators are broken for months at a time, trash has been piling up and maintenance requests go unanswered. Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025 Head coach Todd Bowles was fed up after a one-point loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, laying into his team with an expletive-laden tirade during his postgame news conference. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025 Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka was fed up with how the team’s overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets was officiated on Monday night. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025 In November, Johnson, fed up with McNamara’s disenchantment and his pleadings for a policy shift toward negotiations, announced that the defense secretary would depart the administration to lead the World Bank—in effect, firing him. Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fed up

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fed up was in 1900

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“Fed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fed%20up. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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