Wired vs. Tired

Wired vs. Tired — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Wired and Tired

Wiredadjective

Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

Tiredverb

simple past tense and past participle of tire

Wiredadjective

Equipped with hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.

Tiredadjective

In need of some rest or sleep.

Wiredadjective

Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.

Tiredadjective

Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.

I'm tired of this
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Wiredadjective

(slang) Very excited, overstimulated; high-strung.

After three cups of coffee she was too wired to sleep.

Tiredadjective

Overused, cliché.

a tired song

Wiredadjective

(zoology) Having wiry feathers.

Tiredadjective

ineffectual; incompetent

Wiredadjective

(poker slang) Being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down.

Tiredadjective

depleted of strength or energy;

tired mothers with crying babiestoo tired to eat
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Wiredadjective

(poker slang) Being three of a kind as the first three cards in seven card stud.

I was dealt three of a kind, wired.

Tiredadjective

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

bromidic sermonshis remarks were trite and commonplacehackneyed phrasesa stock answerrepeating threadbare jokesparroting some timeworn axiomthe trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Wiredadjective

Connected to the Internet; online.

Wiredverb

simple past tense and past participle of wire

Wiredadjective

equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service;

a well-wired house

Wiredadjective

tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline;

we were really pumped up for the racehe was so pumped he couldn't sleep

Wiredadjective

tied or bound with wire;

wired bundles of newspapers