knackered

UK /ˈnæk.əd/ US /ˈnæk.ɚd/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

dead, good, old, straight

VERB + KNACKERED

am, know, seemed, take

KNACKERED + NOUN

five-hour, machine, night

PREP.

from, out

ADV.

completely

Definitions

adj

Tired or exhausted.

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.

2003, Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare (editors), The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values, Frank Cass Publishers, London, 2005, page 225, Then, it all just gets worse and worse, you don't sleep so much, so you don't recover as well from the day's racing, so you go into your reserves, you get more knackered, so you sleep less... It's simply a vicious circle.

adj

Broken, inoperative.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — very tired

drained

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

So my joy at hearing his voice quickly turns to a paroxysm of anxiety as he manages by exhausted gesture and sound to let us know how knackered he feels, how desperate to get horizontal, almost from t

Wiktionary

In the end though he had to admit that the car was knackered...

Wiktionary

We take an old knackered machine out to China and say, 'Copy that, brand new,' and they do.

Wiktionary

That is, total exhaustion. Body and soul completely knackered.

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Usage Notes

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