fagged

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted“the day's shopping left her exhausted”“he went to bed dog-tired”“was fagged and sweaty”“the trembling of his played out limbs”“felt completely washed-out”“only worn-out horses and cattle”“you look worn out”Synonyms: exhausteddog-tiredfatiguedplayed outspentwashed-outworn-out(a)worn out(p)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.]

1.To become weary; to tire. [1913 Webster]

Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag.— G. Mackenzie.[1913 Webster]

2.To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. [1913 Webster]

Read, fag, and subdue this chapter.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]

3.To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. [1913 Webster]

To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas. [1913 Webster]


fagged \fagged\ adj.

1.same as burned-out, 1.

Syn: burned-out(prenominal), burnt-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), exhausted, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]

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