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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | exhausted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely tired |
| Synonyms: | all in, beat*, bleary, bone-weary, bushed, crippled, dead tired, dead*, debilitated, disabled, dog-tired, done for, done in, drained, effete, enervated, frazzled, had it, kaput, limp, out on one's feet, outta gas, prostrated, ready to drop, run-down, sapped, shot*, spent, tired out, wasted*, weak, weakened, wearied, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | animated, energetic, fresh, invigorated, lively, vigorous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exhausted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used up |
| Synonyms: | all gone, at an end, bare, consumed, depleted, dissipated, done, drained, dry, empty, expended, finished, gone, spent, squandered, void, washed-out, wasted |
| Antonyms: | plenty, refreshed, restored, saved, stored, unused |
Example Sentences
- This continues until all the economic potential of possible technological gains are exhausted.
- Murray's lawyer said appeals were exhausted.
- The best picnic is the one at which neither kids nor grown-ups are exhausted from cooking and cleaning up.
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use wrongly |
| Synonyms: | dissipate, exhaust, misemploy, mishandle, misuse, overburden, overtax, overwork, prostitute, spoil, squander, taint, waste |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | benefit, care for, esteem, prize, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
| Antonyms: | rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very tired |
| Synonyms: | dog tired, exhausted, fatigued, kaput, wearied, weary, worn out |
| Antonyms: | rested |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extort |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, confiscate, deplete, drain, exhaust, extract, fleece, impoverish, leech, milk, mulct, overcharge, pauperize, put the screws to, rook, sap*, skin*, squeeze*, steal, stick*, strong-arm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | amuse, charm, excite, interest, please |
| Main Entry: | breathless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to respire normally |
| Synonyms: | asthmatic, blown, choking, emphysematous, exhausted, gasping, gulping, out of breath, panting, short of breath, short-winded, spent, stertorous, wheezing, winded |
| Antonyms: | breathy, calm |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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