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
Or even those Californians, such as many in San Francisco and Los Angeles, who are just fed up with the perception that California is soft on criminals.
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
The country has also cracked down on rowdy tourist behavior in cities like Berlin, where noise ordinances and public drinking bans are increasingly enforced in neighborhoods fed up with party tourism.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Overwhelmed and fed up with Simone’s behavior, Devon heads to the Kell estate hoping to bring her sister home to help.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 24 May 2025
In Disappoint Me, Danin builds on her astute portraits of romance to tell the story of Max, a trans woman in her 30s fed up with the way her life has turned out.
—Isle McElroy, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
The country has also cracked down on rowdy tourist behavior in cities like Berlin, where noise ordinances and public drinking bans are increasingly enforced in neighborhoods fed up with party tourism.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Overwhelmed and fed up with Simone’s behavior, Devon heads to the Kell estate hoping to bring her sister home to help.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 24 May 2025
In Disappoint Me, Danin builds on her astute portraits of romance to tell the story of Max, a trans woman in her 30s fed up with the way her life has turned out.
—Isle McElroy, Vulture, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed up
Adjective
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While infants and toddlers between the ages of 0 to 2 years are more likely to experience a stuffy nose, cough, poor appetite, fussiness, and sleep problems, children between the ages of 3 to 5 years mainly complain of sleepiness, feeling tired during daytime, low energy and dry cough.—
Anuradha Varanasi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Family members said Jacobs had talked about feeling tired, but not about wanting to take his own life.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Recited their Social Security number to bored voices.—
David Lee Condrey,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Stein described the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act before a classroom of bored students.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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By that point, however, the players were growing sick and tired of a wildly popular coach who had the full support of GM Bob Gainey, and team owner Tom Hicks.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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He’s got a base, but there are all these polls that show the youth are really sick and tired.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Fed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed%20up. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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