Synonyms: trite, timeworn, tired, stock, threadbare, old-hat, hackneyed, commonplace, banal, shopworn, well-worn
Definition: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Usage: bromidic sermons; his remarks were trite and commonplace; hackneyed phrases; a stock answer; repeating threadbare jokes; parroting some timeworn axiom; the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
Similar words: unoriginal
Definition: not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
Usage: the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations; his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern- Gwethalyn Graham
Synonyms: tired
Definition: depleted of strength or energy
Usage: tired mothers with crying babies; too tired to eat
Similar words: bushed, all in, beat, dead
Definition: very tired
Usage: was all in at the end of the day; so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere; bushed after all that exercise; I'm dead after that long trip
Definition: physically and mentally fatigued
Usage: `aweary' is archaic
Similar words: blear, blear-eyed, bleary, bleary-eyed
Definition: tired to the point of exhaustion
Similar words: bored, world-weary
Definition: tired of the world
Usage: bored with life; strolled through the museum with a bored air
Similar words: burned-out, burnt-out
Definition: exhausted as a result of longtime stress
Usage: she was burned-out before she was 30
Similar words: careworn, worn, drawn, haggard, raddled
Definition: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Usage: looking careworn as she bent over her mending; her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness; that raddled but still noble face; shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens
Similar words: drooping, flagging
Definition: weak from exhaustion
Similar words: fagged, fatigued, exhausted, played out, worn out, worn-out, washed-out, dog-tired, spent
Definition: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
Usage: the day's shopping left her exhausted; he went to bed dog-tired; was fagged and sweaty; the trembling of his played out limbs; felt completely washed-out; only worn-out horses and cattle; you look worn out
Similar words: footsore
Definition: having sore or tired feet
Definition: exhausted
Usage: my father's words had left me jaded and depressed- William Styron
Similar words: knackered, drained
Definition: very tired
Similar words: ragged
Definition: worn out from stress or strain
Usage: run ragged
Similar words: travel-worn
Definition: tired by travel
Similar words: unrefreshed, unrested
Definition: not rested or refreshed;
Similar words: whacked
Definition: (British informal) exhausted or worn out