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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In 2007, at age 24, he got fed up and created a cloud storage platform for his own personal use. Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025 Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain is pretty fed up with the officiating in tonight's Divisional Round game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025 Lawmakers may also be estimating the degree to which Americans are fed up with homegrown Big Tech. Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 The elections in November showed that people are fed up with the status quo of politicians that are disconnected from the pressures that working families face every day. Jasmine Gripper, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 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 27 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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