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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Padilla said he got fed up listening to her remarks about criminals and invasions and tried to ask a question, while moving forward past the wall of television cameras. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025 Drummer Greg Errico had gotten fed up with the discord within the group and left earlier in ’71 midway through the Riot recording; rather than immediately replace him with a new stickman, Stone decided to fill out the remaining tracks with the rudimentary early drum machine and its genre presets. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 13 June 2025 But there are signs the U.S. administration is growing fed up with Somalia after years of supporting the country’s fight against Islamist militants. Kate Bartlett, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025 What Andor did differently was focus less on big names from Star Wars mythology and more on the actual machinations that occur when people are fed up with oppression, a narrative angle whose urgency connected with critics and audiences. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 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 20 Jun. 2025.

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fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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