Saturday, 14 April 2018

Words From The Same Family - Tire v Tireless v Tiresome


Tire (verb) - to begin to feel tired.

  • Even walking up the stairs tires my aging grandmother these days.
  • The long journey had tired us.

Tireless (adj) - to work energetically and continuously.


  • The police have been tireless in their search for the missing child.
  • Everyone at the company knows as Sam as a tireless and helpful employee.

Tiresome (adj) - annoying.

  • Tim has the tiresome habit of asking the same questions over and over again.
  • I find it tiresome doing house chores every week.

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