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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The android, played by Alexander Skarsgård, is often fed up with humans and their illogical, self-defeating choices. Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025 But the couple has decided to hold off on returning while Trump is in office, fed up with the U.S. president’s talk about making Canada the 51st state. Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 10 July 2025 Americans are fed up with the lies about Biden's obvious decline. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 At the center of the story is a jazz musician called Y, a bohemian, artsy type who is fed up with his hand-to-mouth existence and so agrees to a lucrative commission, writing an upbeat song to inspire national pride in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks that took place on October 7, 2023. Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 July 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 14 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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