tired and emotional
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
drunk or intoxicated
Literally: physically exhausted and showing emotion
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The panel sat mesmerized until it slowly began to dawn that the applicant appeared to be suffering from the old Fleet Street problem of being tired and emotional.
He'd always seemed pleasant enough, if a little‘over - tired and emotional’ on occasion.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “tired and emotional” mean?
drunk or intoxicated Literally: physically exhausted and showing emotion
Is “tired and emotional” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.