fed up

adjective

: tired, sated, or disgusted beyond endurance

Examples of fed up in a Sentence

We've had one delay after another, and I'm starting to feel pretty fed up. fed up with the noise and bustle of the big city, the family decided to try country life
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They’re fed up with high prices and unsafe streets. Bill Essayli, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2025 His supporters included people fed up with Bidenomics and administrative snafus, everyday bureaucratic mazes that waste time, money and patience. Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025 The film is about the women cheating the system they are fed up with. Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 Their passengers are fed up with being driven recklessly, treated curtly and, in many cases, having to settle fares with cash — one of the strangest idiosyncrasies about life in Hong Kong. David Pierson, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fed up 

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fed up was in 1900

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“Fed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fed%20up. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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