bone-tired

adjective

: completely exhausted : extremely tired

By war's end, however, Bush was bone-tired, broken in spirit and bereft of influence.

—Thomas P. Hughes, New York Times Book Review, 26 Oct. 1997

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

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