different between retired vs tired

English

Etymology

From retire +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t???d/

Adjective

retired (comparative more retired, superlative most retired)

1. Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet. [from 16th c.]
2. Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded. [from 16th c.]
   • 1910, ‘Saki’, "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia:

     The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.

3. (of people) Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age. [from 16th c.]

   The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.

4. No longer in use or production.

   Following Jackie Robinson's success, his uniform number, 42, became a retired number across all major league teams.

Translations

Verb

retired

1. simple past tense and past participle of retire

Anagrams

• retried, tireder

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ta??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ta??d/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)d

Verb

tired

1. simple past tense and past participle of tire

Adjective

tired (comparative more tired or tireder, superlative most tired or tiredest)

1. In need of some rest or sleep.
2. Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

   I'm tired of this

3. Overused, cliché.

   a tired song

4. (slang, African-American Vernacular) ineffectual; incompetent

Usage notes

• Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.

Synonyms

• (in need of rest): exhausted, fatigued, languid; See also Thesaurus:fatigued
• (in need of sleep): sleepy; See also Thesaurus:sleepy
• (fed up): See also Thesaurus:annoyed
• (overused): See also Thesaurus:hackneyed

Translations

See also

• I am tired
• sick and tired
• that tired feeling

Anagrams

• drite, tride, tried