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burnt out
| Main Entry: |
burn out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become drained |
| Synonyms: | become exhausted, exhaust, fatigue, get tired, grow weary, run down, run out of steam, stress out, tire, wear down, wear out |
| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | burnt out, corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, declining, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, enfeebled, far-gone, feeble, immoral, obsolete, overrefined, overripe, played out, soft, spent, vitiated, washed-out, wasted, weak, worn out |
| Antonyms: | capable, tireless |
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause weariness, disinterest |
| Synonyms: | afflict, annoy, be tedious, bend one's ear, bother, burn out, cloy, discomfort, drag, exhaust, fatigue, irk, irritate, jade, pall, pester, put to sleep, send to sleep, talk one's ear off, tire, trouble, turn one off, vex, wear, wear out, weary, worry |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Antonyms: | amuse, charm, excite, interest, please |
| Main Entry: | exhaust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire or wear out |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, weary |
| Antonyms: | animate, invigorate, refresh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fatigue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tire, wear out |
| Synonyms: | bedraggle, burn out, bush, conk out, debilitate, deplete, disable, drain, droop, drop, enervate, exhaust, fag, fizzle, flag, jade, knock out, languish, overtire, peter out, poop, poop out, prostrate, sag, sink, succumb, take, tucker, weaken, wear down, weary |
| Antonyms: | energize, envigorate, refresh |
| Main Entry: | go out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become extinguished |
| Synonyms: | become dark, burn out, cease, darken, die, die out, dim, expire, fade out, flicker, stop shining |
| Antonyms: | inflame |
| Main Entry: | spent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used up, gone; tired out |
| Synonyms: | all in, bleary, blown, burnt-out, bushed, consumed, dead*, debilitated, depleted, disbursed, dissipated, dog-tired, done-in, down the drain, drained, effete, enervated, exhausted, expended, fagged, far-gone, finished, had it, limp, lost, played-out, prostrate, ready to drop, shattered, shot, thrown away, used, washed-up, wasted, weakened, wearied, weary, worn out |
| Antonyms: | hoarded, retained, saved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust, weary |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burn out, bush, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, flag, fold, give out, go stale, grow weary, harass, irk, irritate, jade, nauseate, overburden, overstrain, overtax, overwork, pain, pall, peter out, poop out, prostrate, put to sleep, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, wilt, worry, yawn |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, fire up, invigorate, refresh |
| Main Entry: | overwork |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overdo |
| Synonyms: | burn out, exhaust, tire, tire out, wear out, weary |
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