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Definitions

overtired

ADJECTIVE
fatigued
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exhausted listless weary
STRONG
beat bedraggled bushed dropping enervated prostrate spent tuckered wasted worn
WEAK
all in blasé burned out dead dead tired dead-beat dog-tired dog-weary done in droopy fagged out jaded languid languorous lassitudinous out of gas played-out pooped ready to drop washed out worn-out zonked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
energetic fresh lively untired
STRONG
invigorated unused
WEAK
alert energized keen refreshed vivacious

Example Sentences

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He noted that children who are overtired can show symptoms that resemble ADHD, including difficulty paying attention in class or declining grades.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

I flicked through the document, which includes suggestions that participants were "underfed and overtired".

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

Some of the people manning the system — no doubt overtired and pressing ahead—made the data-entry mistakes handling blocks of data that went through the system the following day.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2020

He has learned to read Tecca’s moods carefully: if the young rapper appears overtired, Zappala will clear the schedules.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2020

Which was as emotional an outburst as I have ever heard from him, but I think he is overtired too.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein