English Explanatory Dictionary

run-down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tired and exhausted.
  2. Decrepit.
  3. Having the spring unwound.
noun
  1. Alternative form of rundown.

Word forms

run-down more run-down most run-down run-downs

Etymology

Deverbal from run down.

Synonyms

out of gas weary bleareyed bleary bleary-eyed bone-tired bushed tired out spent wrecked drained dog-tired dog-weary exhausted fatigued forfairn forlagen forworn heavyeyed jaded languid enervated played out run-down shattered shot sleepy stuffed tired washed out weariful whacked whipped worn worn out banjaxed beat buggered busted dead tired cream crackered done done in done up fagged out fried fucked gassed jiggered Kerry Packered knacked knackered nadgered pooped pooped out pumped shagged shagged out tuckered tuckered out
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