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
My mother got fed up with my nonstop preaching.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Seeing injustice justified with IQ, educators grew increasingly fed up with the indicator in the second half of the 20th century.
—Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026
Charlie, too, ultimately gets fed up with Emma and decides to cheat on her with his assistant (Hailey Benton Gates).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Claude chatbot users are getting fed up with the recent rollout of new usage limits as Anthropic, the developer behind Claude, struggles to keep up with surging demand for its AI systems.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fed up
Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Seeing injustice justified with IQ, educators grew increasingly fed up with the indicator in the second half of the 20th century.
—Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026
Charlie, too, ultimately gets fed up with Emma and decides to cheat on her with his assistant (Hailey Benton Gates).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Claude chatbot users are getting fed up with the recent rollout of new usage limits as Anthropic, the developer behind Claude, struggles to keep up with surging demand for its AI systems.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fed up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed up
Adjective
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If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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Music lovers tired of paying hundreds of dollars to see big-name acts may be getting some relief.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Wouldn’t the fans be too bored during that time?—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
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Cassie is now a bored California housewife-to-be, dabbling in OnlyFans for extra money for her blowout wedding, and Maddy, a promising talent agent with a nose for spotting clients who can make her a killing.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There’s nothing wrong with a big-league ballplayer getting sick and tired of being drilled over and over and over by the same team.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Paul Anthony Kelly puts in a good effort, and Sarah Pidgeon — by now probably sick and tired of crying her eyes out — commits to soap-opera levels of big emotion.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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