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fed up
adjective
having a strong distaste from surfeit
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grew more and more disgusted

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fed up with their complaints

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sick of it all

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sick to death of flattery

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gossip that makes one sick

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tired of the noise and smoke

• Syn: ↑disgusted, ↑sick, ↑sick of, ↑tired of
• Similar to: ↑displeased

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adjective
: sated to the point of disgust : bored beyond endurance : disgusted and totally out of patience

a generation that is rapidly becoming fed up with novels about sensitive young men

a great many who are fed up and disgusted with their jobs — Encore

• fed-upness \(ˈ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun -es

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fed up (informal)
1. Jaded
2. Disgruntled
3. Bored
4. (with with) tired of, annoyed by
5. Sated (obsolete)
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Main Entry: ↑feed

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fed up UK US adjective not usually before noun informal ★
annoyed or bored with something that you feel you have accepted for too long
fed up with:

I’m fed up with this job.

be/​get fed up (with) doing something:

She’d got fed up with waiting and gone home.

fed up to the back teeth (=very annoyed):

I’m fed up to the back teeth with him.

Thesaurus: feeling angry or annoyedsynonym not feeling excited or enthusiasticsynonym

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adj. [predic.] annoyed or upset at a situation or treatment

he was fed up with doing all the work

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adj [more \fed up; most \fed up]
informal : very tired of something : angry about something that has continued for a long time

We've had one delay after another, and I'm starting to feel/get pretty fed up.

— usually + with

I'm fed up with all these delays.

Consumers are fed up with rising gas prices.

— sometimes + of in British English

I'm fed up of all these delays.

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ˌfed ˈup [fed up] adjective not before noun (informal)
bored or unhappy, especially with a situation that has continued for too long

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You look fed up. What's the matter?

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\fed up with sb/sth

People are fed up with all these traffic jams.

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In the end, I just

got fed up with

his constant complaining.

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I wish he'd get a job. I'm

fed up with it (= with the situation)

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\fed up with doing sth

I'm fed up with waiting for her.

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I'm

fed up to the back teeth (= very fed up)

with hearing about your problems.

 Some people say ‘fed up of sth’ in informal British English, but this is not considered correct in standard English.
 
Example Bank:

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I'm absolutely fed up with the whole thing.

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The children were starting to get a bit fed up.

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Trent was fed up of being lied to.

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You look really fed up!

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I wish he'd get a job. I'm fed up with it.

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I'm fed up to the back teeth with hearing about her problems.

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I'm fed up with waiting for her.

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We were starting to feel fed up through lack of progress.

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You look fed up. What's the matter?


Useful english dictionary. 2012.