Phrase guide

fed up

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal

Examples

  • After two days, I am fed up with this nonsense.
  • I am fed up watching football on TV.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of feed up

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To annoy; to be annoyed by something; to reach one's limits of annoyance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

Examples

  • She was fedding up with the boy's hijinks.
  • His behavior fed her up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: bezmiş — frustrated
  • Azerbaijani: usanmış — frustrated
  • Azerbaijani: tox — frustrated
  • Belarusian: надаку́чыла (nadakúčyla) — frustrated
  • Belarusian: сы́ты па го́рла (sýty pa hórla) — frustrated
  • Burmese: ငြီးငွေ့ (ngri:ngwe.) — frustrated
  • Catalan: fart — frustrated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 厭倦 /厌倦 (yànjuàn) — frustrated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 膩 /腻 (nì) — frustrated
  • Czech: mít plné zuby — frustrated
  • Danish: træt — frustrated
  • Danish: dødtræt — frustrated
  • Dutch: beu — frustrated
  • Esperanto: tedita — frustrated
  • Finnish: tympääntynyt — frustrated
  • Finnish: lopen kyllästynyt — frustrated
  • Finnish: kurkkua myöten täynnä — frustrated
  • Finnish: väsynyt — frustrated
  • Finnish: kyllästynyt — frustrated
  • Finnish: ärsyyntynyt — frustrated
  • French: en avoir marre — frustrated
  • French: tanné — frustrated
  • French: avoir son voyage — frustrated
  • French: las — frustrated
  • French: agacé — frustrated
  • French: ennuyé — frustrated
  • French: en avoir ras-le-bol — frustrated
  • French: gavé — frustrated
  • Galician: farto — frustrated
  • Galician: canso — frustrated
  • Galician: cheo — frustrated
  • German: (e.g. es satt haben) satt — frustrated
  • German: die Nase voll haben — frustrated
  • Greek: μπουχτισμένος (bouchtisménos) — frustrated
  • Hebrew: נִמְאַס (nim'ás) — frustrated
  • Hungarian: elege van — frustrated
  • Hungarian: tele van a hócipője — frustrated
  • Hungarian: torkig van — frustrated
  • Indonesian: lelah — frustrated
  • Irish: bréan de — frustrated
  • Irish: múisiamach — frustrated
  • Italian: stufo — frustrated
  • Italian: seccato — frustrated
  • Italian: averne le palle piene — frustrated
  • Italian: averne le scatole piene — frustrated
  • Italian: essersi rotto i coglioni di — frustrated
  • Japanese: うんざり (unzari) — frustrated
  • Japanese: 飽き飽きする (akiaki suru) — frustrated
  • Kapampangan: pagal — frustrated
  • Kapampangan: sora — frustrated
  • Khmer: ធុញទ្រាន់ (thuñtrŏən) — frustrated
  • Central Kurdish: بێزار (bêzar) — frustrated
  • Central Kurdish: ھیلاک (hîlak) — frustrated
  • Luxembourgish: sat — frustrated
  • Māori: kawakawa — frustrated
  • Māori: hokehokeā — frustrated
  • Māori: hongehongeā — frustrated
  • Māori: pāngū — frustrated
  • Māori: hōhā — frustrated
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møka lei — frustrated
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lutlei — frustrated
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dritlei — frustrated
  • Polish: mający dość — frustrated
  • Portuguese: farto — frustrated
  • Portuguese: cheio — frustrated
  • Romanian: sătul — frustrated
  • Russian: надое́ло (nadojélo) — frustrated
  • Slovene: naveličan — frustrated
  • Spanish: harto — frustrated
  • Spanish: hastiado — frustrated
  • Spanish: cabreado — frustrated
  • Spanish: chorreado — frustrated
  • Spanish: ahíto — frustrated
  • Swedish: less — frustrated
  • Tagalog: pagod — frustrated
  • Tagalog: sawa — frustrated
  • Tagalog: puno — frustrated
  • Tagalog: konsumido — frustrated
  • Tày: bứa — frustrated
  • Tày: nga̱u — frustrated
  • Tày: bứa nga̱u — frustrated
  • Telugu: విసుగెత్తిపోవు (visugettipōvu) — frustrated
  • Turkish: bıkkın — frustrated
  • Turkish: bıkmış — frustrated
  • Ukrainian: набри́дло (nabrýdlo) — frustrated
  • Ukrainian: си́тий по го́рло (sýtyj po hórlo) — frustrated
  • Vietnamese: chán — frustrated
  • Walloon: end awè s' sô — frustrated
  • Welsh: wedi hen flino — frustrated
  • Welsh: wedi hen alaru — frustrated
  • Welsh: cael llond bol — frustrated