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   tire

   /ˈtʌɪə/

   verb

   • 1. feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep: "soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire" Similar get/grow/become tiredbecome fatiguedweakengrow weaklose one's strengthflagdroopdropfatiguetire outwear outovertirewearyexhaustdrainsapwash outtaxovertaxenervatedebilitateenfeeblejadeincapacitatedevitalizeprostrateinformal:whackshatterbushknackerfrazzlewear to a frazzlepooptake it out offag outdo inknock outOpposite stay freshrefresh
   • 2. lose interest in; become bored with: "the media will tire of publicizing every protest"
   • ▪ exhaust the patience or interest of; bore: "it tired her that Eddie felt important because he was involved behind the scenes" Similar wearybecome/get tiredbecome/get wearybecome/get fed upbecome/get fed to deathbecome/get boredbecome/get satiatedbecome/get jadedbecome/get sickbecome/get sick to deathsickenhave had a surfeithave had enoughhave had a glutinformal:have had something up to hereborewearymake someone fed upsickennauseateirkirritateexhaust someone's patienceannoyexasperateget on someone's nervesinformal:get toOpposite stimulateexcite

   Word Origin Old Englishtēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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