SICK AND TIRED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

sick and tired

adjective

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 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 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 Aside from the recent results, the Nuggets are just plain sick and tired of Minnesota. —

Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025 Are Americans truly sick and tired of their healthcare system? —

Sally Pipes, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sick and tired

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However, his attempts to introduce a more aggressive man-for-man pressing style also place higher physical demands on already tired players.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Even the film’s critic-defying, pinky-swearing fanbase may be disappointed in the barebones production, jarring plotting, tired dialogue and ham-handed staging.

— Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026

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