worn+out

  • 121well-worn — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Without freshness or appeal because of overuse: banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 122To be out at the heels — Heel Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw. h[ a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 123played out — adjective Date: 1856 1. worn out or used up 2. tired out ; spent …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 124whacked-out — /hwakt owt , wakt /, adj. Slang. 1. tired; exhausted; worn out. 2. wacky; crazy. 3. stupefied or crazed by narcotic drugs or alcohol; stoned. Also, wacked out. [1965 70] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 125tuckered out — adjective tired, exhausted, worn out; spent After a day of hauling concrete, she was pretty well tuckered out …

    Wiktionary

  • 126tuckered out — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tired, exhausted, worn out, weary, fatigued, *wiped out, spent, drained, *pooped, *dog tired. ANT.: invigorated, energized …

    English dictionary for students

  • 127shagged out — adj British exhausted, worn out. The vulgar origin of the phrase (tired out from sexual activity) is partially forgotten in the modern usage wherein the expression serves as a more robust version of knackered. ► Listen. I really can t make it, I… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 128zoned out — adj stoned, spaced out, semi conscious. Originally a piece of US drug users jar gon, the word may now be employed in a non narcotic context to mean worn out …

    Contemporary slang