fed up

adjective

Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.

“His behavior fed her up.”

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Meanings

fed up1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of feed up

fed up2

adjectivefed up (comparative more fed up, superlative most fed up)

comparative more fed up · superlative most fed up

  1. idiomaticinformalFrustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.

    I am fed up watching football on TV.

    3 more examples

    After two days, I am fed up with this nonsense.

    In 1829, many Americans became aware of Canada for the first time when thousands of Canadians, fed up with the cold, snow and polar bears, immigrated to the south, most of them settling in the still-untamed American West.

    2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 49

    We are all fed up with the seemingly endless rounds of industrial action on our railways.

    2022 December 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: A war of attrition”, in RAIL, number 973, page 3
verbfed up (third-person singular simple present feds up, present participle fedding up, simple past and past participle fedded up)

present singular third person feds up · participle present fedding up · participle past fedded up · past fedded up

  1. intransitiveslangTo annoy; to be annoyed by something; to reach one's limits of annoyance.

    His behavior fed her up.

    1 more example

    She was fedding up with the boy's hijinks.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a strong distaste from surfeit

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Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Translations

Arabic اِكتَفَى, مُكتَفٍ
  • اِكتَفَىfrustrated
  • مُكتَفٍfrustrated
Catalan fart
  • fartfrustrated
Chinese Mandarin 厭倦 /厌倦, 膩 /腻
  • 厭倦 /厌倦 (yànjuàn)frustrated
  • 膩 /腻 (nì)frustrated
Czech mít plné zuby
  • mít plné zubyfrustrated
Danish træt, dødtræt
  • trætfrustrated
  • dødtrætfrustrated
Dutch beu
  • beufrustrated
Esperanto tedita
  • teditafrustrated
Finnish tympääntynyt, lopen kyllästynyt
  • tympääntynytfrustrated
  • lopen kyllästynytfrustrated
  • kurkkua myöten täynnäfrustrated
  • väsynytfrustrated
  • kyllästynytfrustrated
  • ärsyyntynytfrustrated
French en avoir marre, tanné
  • en avoir marrefrustrated
  • tannéfrustrated
  • avoir son voyagefrustrated
  • lasfrustrated
  • agacéfrustrated
  • ennuyéfrustrated
  • en avoir ras-le-bolfrustrated
  • gavéfrustrated
German (e.g. es satt haben) satt, die Nase voll haben
  • (e.g. es satt haben) sattfrustrated
  • die Nase voll habenfrustrated
Greek μπουχτισμένος
  • μπουχτισμένος (bouchtisménos)frustrated
Hebrew נִמְאַס
  • נִמְאַס (nim'ás)frustrated
Hindi तंग आना
  • तंग आना (taṅg ānā)frustrated
Hungarian elege van, tele van a hócipője
  • elege vanfrustrated
  • tele van a hócipőjefrustrated
  • torkig vanfrustrated
Indonesian lelah
  • lelahfrustrated
Irish bréan de, múisiamach
  • bréan defrustrated
  • múisiamachfrustrated
Italian stufo, seccato
  • stufofrustrated
  • seccatofrustrated
  • averne le palle pienefrustrated
  • averne le scatole pienefrustrated
  • essersi rotto i coglioni difrustrated
Japanese うんざり, 飽き飽きする
  • うんざり (unzari)frustrated
  • 飽き飽きする (akiaki suru)frustrated
Māori kawakawa, hokehokeā
  • kawakawafrustrated
  • hokehokeāfrustrated
  • hongehongeāfrustrated
  • pāngūfrustrated
  • hōhāfrustrated
Polish mający dość
  • mający dośćfrustrated
Portuguese farto, cheio
  • fartofrustrated
  • cheiofrustrated
Romanian sătul
  • sătulfrustrated
Russian надое́ло
  • надое́ло (nadojélo)frustrated
Spanish harto, hastiado
  • hartofrustrated
  • hastiadofrustrated
  • cabreadofrustrated
  • chorreadofrustrated
  • ahítofrustrated
Swedish less
  • lessfrustrated
Tagalog pagod, sawa
  • pagodfrustrated
  • sawafrustrated
  • punofrustrated
  • konsumidofrustrated
Turkish bıkkın, bıkmış
  • bıkkınfrustrated
  • bıkmışfrustrated
Ukrainian набри́дло, си́тий по го́рло
  • набри́дло (nabrýdlo)frustrated
  • си́тий по го́рло (sýtyj po hórlo)frustrated
Vietnamese chán
  • chánfrustrated
Welsh wedi hen flino, wedi hen alaru
  • wedi hen flinofrustrated
  • wedi hen alarufrustrated
  • cael llond bolfrustrated
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APA

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