What does peaked mean?
Peaked means Having a peak or peaks..
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/piːkt/ · adjective
Having a peak or peaks..
The wizard wore a peaked cap.
2000, Toshio Mori and Lawson Fusao Inada, Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori, p. 149, She looked peaked and tired ever since he had volunteered for the army.
2001, Fred C. Feddeck, Hale Men of Fordham: Hail!, p. 17, While Nixon looked peaked throughout the debate, Kennedy looked like a poised diplomat oozing confidence.
2004, Don Ecker, Past Sins, p. 276, Peck looked peaked to Williams. He was pale and appeared to be breathing in shallow gasps.
Use peaked when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Peaked means Having a peak or peaks..
Common synonyms include pointed, ailing, indisposed, sickly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The wizard wore a peaked cap.
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