different between tired vs jiggered

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

English

Etymology

jigger +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d????d/
• (US) enPR: j?g??rd, IPA^(key): /?d????d/

Verb

jiggered

1. simple past tense and past participle of jigger

Adjective

jiggered (comparative more jiggered, superlative most jiggered)

1. (slang) Very tired.
2. (slang) Broken.
3. (Britain, euphemistic) Damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.

   • "Well then," said he, "I'm jiggered if I don't see you home!"

Synonyms

• (very tired): See Thesaurus:fatigued
• (broken): See Thesaurus:broken or Thesaurus:out of order
• (damned): See Thesaurus:damned

Anagrams

• rejigged