as in tired
having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted
was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings
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Recent Examples of sick and tired
There’s hope on the horizon for those sick and tired of Alabama’s extreme cold snap.
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Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2022
And, basically, people are sick and tired of it.
—Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
Robinson, for one, was sick and tired of losing.
—Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
It’s been a bit, and after a successful defense, Dr. Allen is somehow not sick and tired of robots and answered a bunch of our questions about quadrotors, swords, and why mixing them is such a great idea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016
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Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Dec. 2022
And, basically, people are sick and tired of it.
—Scott Gottlieb, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2022
Robinson, for one, was sick and tired of losing.
—Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 8 Jan. 2022
It’s been a bit, and after a successful defense, Dr. Allen is somehow not sick and tired of robots and answered a bunch of our questions about quadrotors, swords, and why mixing them is such a great idea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 May 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sick and tired
Adjective
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Stein conducted experiments under James’s supervision, but quickly tired of studying her subjects’ responses and preferred talking with them and tracking their characters.—
Daphne Merkin,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The maximally stupid outcome—which, by that very fact, seems all too probable—is that Trump gets bored of the whole affair and stops the air strikes after a putsch has been discovered, but before it’s succeeded.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The story centers around a bored master of Halloween hijinks named Jack Skellington, who wants to trade in spookiness for Santa Claus.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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People are fed up with burnout culture and quiet promotions that come without pay.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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She was fed up with being constantly emotionally overwhelmed.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Raimondo Orsi had already gone back to Argentina to look after his sick mother, and Luis Monti had retired.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Air traffic controllers tasked with managing aircraft movements on runways and in the skies are working without pay during the shutdown, leading to more controllers calling in sick and triggering short staff warnings from the FAA.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Sick and tired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sick%20and%20tired. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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