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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By February, the district court judge, Sunshine Sykes, was fed up. ABC News, 2 May 2026 Some residents in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood are fed up with the uptick in crime despite city leaders touting a historic drop in violent crime. Tara Lynch, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 More and more Americans across the spectrum see Netanyahu’s Israel as a spoiled child, and they’re just fed up with it. Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026 And hopefully we as a community kind of get fed up together and just get more involved, get more nosy. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 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 6 May. 2026.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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