Tired vs Mired - What's the difference?
tired | mired |
(tire)
In need of some rest or sleep.
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
Overused]], [[cliché.
(mire)
Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.
* When Caliban was lazy and neglected his work, Ariel (who was invisible to all eyes but Prospero’s) would come slyly and pinch him, and sometimes tumble him down in the mire .'' (, ''Tales from Shakespeare , Hatier, coll. « Les Classiques pour tous » n° 223, p. 51)
An undesirable situation, a predicament.
To weigh down.
To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.
To soil with mud or foul matter.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between tired and mired
is that tired is past tense of tire while mired is past tense of mire.As an adjective tired
is in need of some rest or sleep.tired
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en-adj)- I'm tired of this
- a tired song
Usage notes
* Adverbs often applied to "tired": physically, mentally, emotionally.Synonyms
* exhausted * fatigued * sleepy * See also * See alsoSee also
* I am tired * sick and tired * that tired feelingAnagrams
*mired
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *mire
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , whence Old English mos (English moss).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (deep mud) peatland, quagHypernyms
* (deep mud) wetlandHyponyms
* (deep mud) bog, fenDerived terms
* mire crow * mire drum * miry * in the mire * quagmireVerb
(mir)- to mire a horse or wagon
- Smirched thus and mired with infamy.
