Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tire
Participle: tired
Gerund: tiring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tire |
| you | tire |
| he;she;it | tires |
| we | tire |
| you | tire |
| they | tire |
Perfect
| I | have tired |
| you | have tired |
| he;she;it | has tired |
| we | have tired |
| you | have tired |
| they | have tired |
Past
| I | tired |
| you | tired |
| he;she;it | tired |
| we | tired |
| you | tired |
| they | tired |
Pluperfect
| I | had tired |
| you | had tired |
| he;she;it | had tired |
| we | had tired |
| you | had tired |
| they | had tired |
Future
| I | will tire |
| you | will tire |
| he;she;it | will tire |
| we | will tire |
| you | will tire |
| they | will tire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tired |
| you | will have tired |
| he;she;it | will have tired |
| we | will have tired |
| you | will have tired |
| they | will have tired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tire |
| you | tire |
| he;she;it | tire |
| we | tire |
| you | tire |
| they | tire |
Perfect
| I | have tired |
| you | have tired |
| he;she;it | have tired |
| we | have tired |
| you | have tired |
| they | have tired |
Imperfect
| I | tired |
| you | tired |
| he;she;it | tired |
| we | tired |
| you | tired |
| they | tired |
Pluperfect
| I | had tired |
| you | had tired |
| he;she;it | had tired |
| we | had tired |
| you | had tired |
| they | had tired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tire |
| you | would tire |
| he;she;it | would tire |
| we | would tire |
| you | would tire |
| they | would tire |
Perfect
| I | would have tired |
| you | would have tired |
| he;she;it | would have tired |
| we | would have tired |
| you | would have tired |
| they | would have tired |
Imperative
| you | tire |
| we | Let's tire |
| you | tire |
Verbs conjugated like 'tire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tire'
fire,
hire,
ire,
mire,
sire,
tare,
tice,
tide,
tie,
tile,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bore
- cause boredom
- to make tired
- exhaust, fatigue, fordo, knock up, poop, run someone ragged, tire out, wear down, wear out, weary
- To tire, weary or fatigue
- jade
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- wear
- exhaust
- fatigue, drain, wear, weary, jade
- exasperate
- irk, bore, weary
Antonyms
- exhaust
- replenish, strengthen, fill, invigorate
- exasperate
- placate, mollify, calm, conciliate
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "to weary," also "to become weary," O.E.
teorian (Kentish
tiorian), of unknown origin, not found outside English. The pp. adj.
tired is attested from c.1400;
tiresome "tedious" is first recorded 1500.
2. From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”). See: Middle English '
tiren'.
Verbs referencing "tire"
Albanian
dua, English
teer.
Sample Sentences
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[...] him that I was fighting him. He came in a rage, and said he'd teach me who was my master; and he tied me to a tree, and cut switches for young master, and told him that he might whip me till he was tired; — and he did do it ! If I don't make him remember it, some time ! ” and the brow of the young man grew dark, and his eyes burned with an expression that made his young wife tremble. “ Who made this [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the vision of the trader came before her eyes, and, as if some one had struck her a deadly blow, she turned pale and gasped for breath. She looked nervously out on the verandah, where the boy, tired of the grave conversation, had retired, and where he was riding triumphantly up and down on Mr. Shelby's walking-stick. She would have spoken to tell her husband her fears, but checked herself.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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‘When he was tired with play I took him back to the table, and he was quite ready to begin again his process of imitation. He soon learned to make the letters for key, pen, pin; and by having the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘Well, not the first time, perhaps, nor yet the second, but tiring and wearying for a few years might do it. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of land. The day was calm, however, and brightened towards noon. After exhausting (with good help from a friend ) the larder, and the stock of bottled beer, I lay down to sleep; being very much tired with the fatigues of yesterday. But I woke from my nap in time to hurry up, and see Hell Gate, the Hog 's Back, the Frying Pan, and other notorious localities, attractive to all readers of famous [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] beautiful view of the Capitol, which is a fine building of the Corinthian order, placed upon a noble and commanding eminence. Arrived at the hotel; I saw no more of the place that night; being very tired, and glad to get to bed.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] yet (he said in a melancholy way ), and he feared never would be: for what could a few poor Indians do, against such well-skilled men of business as the whites ? He had no love for Washington; tired of towns and cities very soon; and longed for the Forest and the Prairie.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and gladly availed ourselves of its excellent hotel. Next day we went on in the Ben Franklin, a beautiful mail steamboat, and reached Cincinnati shortly after midnight. Being by this time nearly tired of sleeping upon shelves, we had remained awake to go ashore straightway; and groping a passage across the dark decks of other boats, and among labyrinths of engine-machinery and leaking casks of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] with a high red and yellow turban on her head, the recent gift of Eva, and which the child had been arranging on her head. “ Mammy, ” said St. Clare, “ I put this lady under your care; she is tired, and wants rest; take her to her chamber, and be sure she is made comfortable, ” and Miss Ophelia disappeared in the rear of Mammy.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] realizes, never can, never will, what I suffer, and have, for years. If I was one of the complaining sort, or ever made any fuss about my ailments, there would be some reason for it. Men do get tired, naturally, of a complaining wife. But I 've kept things to myself, and borne, and borne, till St. Clare has got in the way of thinking I can bear anything. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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I 'm sorry. I 'm just tired. That's all.
(Ash)