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
Even so, what’s known as The Montana Plan is being taken seriously by legal scholars and national political figures fed up with the corrupting influence of money.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
The New Jersey agency's announcement Monday should be good news for commuters, who remain fed up with delays and are bracing for another brutal summer on the rails.
—Nick Caloway, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Giannis Antetokounmpo is fed up with being held out of games with a bone bruise stemming from a left knee hyperextension.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
My mother got fed up with my nonstop preaching.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
The New Jersey agency's announcement Monday should be good news for commuters, who remain fed up with delays and are bracing for another brutal summer on the rails.
—Nick Caloway, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Giannis Antetokounmpo is fed up with being held out of games with a bone bruise stemming from a left knee hyperextension.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
My mother got fed up with my nonstop preaching.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed up
Adjective
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For homeowners tired of robotic mowers that demand nearly as much effort as traditional ones, the K1 is a genuine upgrade.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Susan Collins is an anemic and tired candidate.—
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30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Like the narrator in the song who’s become bored with his attractive partner, Presley spent several years believing that his relationship with music had lost its spark.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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Though Ridley Scott works in a drastically different tone than the one John Carpenter brought to Dark Star, the two films share screenwriter Dan O’Bannon’s darkly comedic view of a future that has reduced humans to alternately bored and terrified cogs in larger machines.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But consumers are growing sick and tired of searching for games, only to reach for their wallets.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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There’s nothing wrong with a big-league ballplayer getting sick and tired of being drilled over and over and over by the same team.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Fed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed%20up. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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