What is the difference between tired and hackneyed?

Hackneyed is a synonym of tired.

is that tired is past tense of tire while hackneyed is past tense of hackney.

is that tired is in need of some rest or sleep while hackneyed is repeated too often.

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(tire)

(en-adj)

In need of some rest or sleep.

Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

I'm tired of this

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a tired song

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

* exhausted * fatigued * sleepy * See also * See also

(en adjective)

Repeated too often.

The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

* banal, commonplace, , shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn * See also

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