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
In the 1995 movie Waiting to Exhale, a heartbroken, fed up Bernadine Harris (played by Angela Bassett) gets revenge on her deceitful husband and releases her pain by piling his wardrobe into the back of his luxury car before dousing it all in lighter fluid and setting it ablaze.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 23 June 2025
Such a Europe would no longer be compelled to follow the United States and might even emerge as a center of gravity, attracting other countries that are fed up with Washington’s bullying.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
Germany’s Volkswagen is wagering society at large is increasingly fed up with the collateral damage left behind by Silicon Valley’s move-fast-and-break-things mentality.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 June 2025
Padilla said he got fed up listening to her remarks about criminals and invasions and tried to ask a question, while moving forward past the wall of television cameras.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 23 June 2025
Such a Europe would no longer be compelled to follow the United States and might even emerge as a center of gravity, attracting other countries that are fed up with Washington’s bullying.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
Germany’s Volkswagen is wagering society at large is increasingly fed up with the collateral damage left behind by Silicon Valley’s move-fast-and-break-things mentality.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 June 2025
Padilla said he got fed up listening to her remarks about criminals and invasions and tried to ask a question, while moving forward past the wall of television cameras.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed up
Adjective
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Mowing Lawns Homeowners are usually away on vacation or are probably too tired to maintain their yards.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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But, in Dick’s opinion, Charlie grew tired of baseball’s daily grind.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Imagine being so bored with Antarctica and the Arctic Circle that someone feels the need to seek out an itinerary with hidden gems.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
18 June 2025
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David Faris: While the president sat, visibly bored at the preposterous military parade unsubtly scheduled for his birthday, Americans participated in one of the largest mass protests in our history.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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By that point, however, the players were growing sick and tired of a wildly popular coach who had the full support of GM Bob Gainey, and team owner Tom Hicks.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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He’s got a base, but there are all these polls that show the youth are really sick and tired.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Fed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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