tired out
Also, tired to death. Exhausted, as in She looked tired out after that trip, or He came home tired to death. The first term dates from the second half of the 1500s; the second, a hyperbole, was first recorded in 1740. Also see sick and tired; to death.
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Related Words for tired out
beat, bleary, bushed, crippled, dead, debilitated, disabled, drained, effete, enervated, fatigued, kaput, limp, run-down, rundown, shot, spent, wasted, weak, weakenedExamples from the Web for tired out
Historical Examples of tired out
"Very well, I promise," replied Ermie, in a tired-out voice.
The Children of Wilton ChaseMrs. L. T. Meade
Do I need to tell toilers of the deep how sweet rest is to the tired-out body?
The Lively PollR.M. Ballantyne
One of them had seen him also walking by the side of his tired-out horse.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other StoriesLeo Tolstoi
His eyes shone, the tired-out look had disappeared; his lips smiled.
Lady CassandraMrs George de Horne Vaizey
I ain't a whole lot intending to go moping about on no tired-out bronc, an' don't you forget it, neither.
Hopalong CassidyClarence E. Mulford