fed up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: fed up
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Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of feed up

adj

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

Informal

verb

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

Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"After two days, I am fed up with this nonsense."
"I am fed up watching football on TV."
"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."
"We are all fed up with the seemingly endless rounds of industrial action on our railways."
"She was fedding up with the boy's hijinks."
"His behavior fed her up."

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more fed up (comparative) most fed up (superlative) feds up (present, singular) fedding up (participle, present) fedded up (participle, past) fedded up (past)

Phrases

fed up to the back teeth fed up to the teeth fill up have had it have had it up to here sick and tired

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