Idiom idiom
fed up
Meaning
Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I'm fed up with this slow computer.”
“After months of broken promises, the team was fed up with the constant delays.”
“Fed up with years of political gridlock and hollow speeches, the voters finally turned against the establishment candidates in overwhelming numbers.”
Origin
disputed origin
disputed origin
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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Last updated August 10, 2026