fed up

adjective

: 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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Many consumers have started to turn their backs on luxury goods; fed up with a lack of ingenuity, skyrocketing daily expenses, and arguably declining quality, shoppers are thinking twice before splurging on designer items. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025 Young people want better governance and are fed up with suffering from poor services and economies while their leaders get rich around them and inequality grows. Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 Registered emergency department nurse Sal Silva said that he and his colleagues are fed up with staffing levels that bleed into home life. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025 One thing the shutdown has accomplished is to make the American people even more fed up with Capitol Hill than usual. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 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 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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