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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While average wage gains continue to outstrip price hikes, leaving many households better off than before the pandemic, steeper expenses for everything from child care to home insurance have left plenty of consumers fed up and looking for change. Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 Airlines news roundup Boeing junk, United gets fed up, JetBlue moves on: Airlines news roundup The disclosure comes as Boeing prepares to move forward with layoffs that will cut 10% of the company’s workforce. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024 The mayor’s critics, who seized on higher crime rates in 2023 to pursue the recall, have suggested that more recent declines are a reflection of voters being too fed up with the city’s notoriously slow 911 response to report actual crimes. Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024 Frontline workers are fed up Keeping the customer satisfied has proven to not always be that satisfying. Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024 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 24 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

fed up

adjective
: utterly worn-out and disgusted

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