Knackered
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnæk.əd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Knackered is an adjective meaning (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, sometimes offensive) Tired or exhausted.
Meaning
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, sometimes offensive) Tired or exhausted.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of knacker
- (UK, Ireland, South Africa, colloquial) Broken, inoperative.
Example Sentences
In the end though he had to admit that the car was knackered.
We take an old knackered machine out to China and say, 'Copy that, brand new,' and they do.
In the course of this discussion, the (male) presenter, when uttering the word 'knackered', felt obliged to preface his animation of this word with “excuse my language”.
I've got this job in a warehouse just now and it finishes quite early but I'm dead knackered at the end of the day so I don't know about going out and like studying every night.
Synonyms for knackered
Depending on context, synonyms include broken, worn-out.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exhausted, bushed, pooped, whacked, spent, overtired.
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