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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Overwhelmed and fed up with Simone’s behavior, Devon heads to the Kell estate hoping to bring her sister home to help. Erin Jensen, USA Today, 24 May 2025 In Disappoint Me, Danin builds on her astute portraits of romance to tell the story of Max, a trans woman in her 30s fed up with the way her life has turned out. Isle McElroy, Vulture, 21 May 2025 And voters, fed up with images of store looting and open-street drug use, were clearly willing to try Prop. 36 over an unacceptable status quo. Tom Philp, Mercury News, 20 May 2025 Recent local elections are a reminder that voters in Britain are fed up with mass immigration. The Editors, National Review, 17 May 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 29 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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