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
The Carolina Panthers know you’re fed up with all their losing.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Photograph: Gabby Jones/Getty Images The Trump administration is still refusing to enforce a federal ban on TikTok, and Silicon Valley software engineer Tony Tan is fed up.
—Paresh Dave, Wired News, 10 June 2025
New Yorkers are fed up with stubbornly high crime, soaring rents, and mediocre schools.
—Whitney Tilson, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Dozens of Cuban detainees being held at the Krome detention center launched a protest Thursday morning inside the immigration facility in southwest Miami-Dade, saying they are fed up with prolonged detention.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Photograph: Gabby Jones/Getty Images The Trump administration is still refusing to enforce a federal ban on TikTok, and Silicon Valley software engineer Tony Tan is fed up.
—Paresh Dave, Wired News, 10 June 2025
New Yorkers are fed up with stubbornly high crime, soaring rents, and mediocre schools.
—Whitney Tilson, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Dozens of Cuban detainees being held at the Krome detention center launched a protest Thursday morning inside the immigration facility in southwest Miami-Dade, saying they are fed up with prolonged detention.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed up
Adjective
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The Panthers survived an Aleksander Barkov delay of game penalty and McDavid slaloming through tired penalty killers only to be turned away by Bobrovsky’s stomach snow angel.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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My therapist buffs and moisturizes my tired skin with nutrient-rich seaweed body polish and a firming mask before laying shiver-inducing strands of detoxifying fresh seaweed across my back.—
Katie Nanton,
Travel + Leisure,
12 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 27 Jun. 2025.
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