Antonyms for tire


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tahyuhr
Phonetic Transcription : taɪər


Definition of tire

Origin :
  • "to weary," also "to become weary," Old English teorian (Kentish tiorian), of unknown origin, not found outside English. Related: Tired; tiring.
  • verb exhaust, weary
Example sentences :
  • Would he annoy her, enrage her perhaps, or even worse, tire her?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Cost me thirteen dollars to repair one; vulcanize the tire, y'see.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Why didn't he go outside and get things ready for the tire setting?
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I couldn't be a doll, for men to look at and then tire of me.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Or they might tire of the Nile, and wish to tear back to Cairo by train.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • You will not tire of it as you will of that which has but a commonplace form or pattern.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • But you can tell me so much more about them than I can tell you, that why should I tire you with my accounts and descriptions?
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • There was no stock on hand now but two peppermint sticks and some tire tape.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • For a man of his years, he was surprisingly vigorous and erect—no labour could tire him.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • The mare might tire of the forest gloom and turn prairieward.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for tire

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