worn out

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

in need of sleep or rest
tiredI'm so tired, I need a nap.
exhaustedI'm too exhausted to take the dog for a walk.
worn outI was completely worn out.
burned outHe was completely burned out after a full week of performances.
drainedI'd worked a twelve-hour day and was absolutely drained.
wiped outI've been up since 4 a.m. and am just wiped out.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Tired and making tired
all in
anti-fatigue
at your worstidiom
be dead on your feetidiom
be fit/ready to dropidiom
fit to dropidiom
fragile
frazzled
gassed
haggard
haggardly
knackered
shell-shocked
sleep-deprived
sleepily
sleepiness
sleepy
stonkered
strung out
zonked

Examples from literature

I had been out all day, and came home dog-tired. 
I was so dog-tired that I slept like a log, wrapped up in my fur coat. 
I'm dog-tired and my left leg's got a cramp in it and I'm weak with hunger. 
I'm hungry, and I was dog-tired when I landed here. 
When we stowed our tools for the day we were dog-tired and were hustled into barracks. 

Examples of dog-tired

dog-tired
But you gived the bwoy some tidy belly-timber in the small hours o' day, an' he comed home dog-tired, but none the worse.
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Things were smoking, and smelt good, by the time four of our men turned up, all of them dog-tired and disappointed, but stoical.
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That night he slept in a haystack—slept the sleep of a dog-tired man, if not of the just.
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He had had a grind of a day, and was dog-tired; it seemed to him she ought to know it and talk about it.
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He motored back at a good rate, and arrived dog-tired.
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They were exceedingly hungry, dog-tired, sore in spirit, but they had undergone their baptism of fire.
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I just did what had to be done, and went to bed again dog-tired.
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I'm dog-tired and the mosquitoes are beginning to find that we're here.
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It's the kind of smile you most generally see on a dog-tired feller's face when you hand him a funny story.
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He was dog-tired, but--he remembered the girl's anxiety.
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He was dog-tired from the long day's ride.
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I'm so dog-tired at the end of the day.
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He was dog-tired but before he slept he walked around the little pool.
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He was dog-tired and turned in on tie bare boards of his fo'cas'le berth.
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