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Fagged

adjective
1.
Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.  Synonyms: dog-tired, exhausted, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out.  "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"



Fag

verb
(past & past part. fagged; pres. part. fagging)
1.
Act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools.
2.
Work hard.  Synonyms: dig, drudge, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail.  "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
3.
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.  Synonyms: fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary.  Antonym: refresh.



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"Fagged" Quotes from Famous Books



... a matter of physical condition, and I was still sufficiently fagged to be in the depths, when the door opened suddenly, and an ordinary army ration was placed within. The soldier who brought it did not speak, nor did I attempt to address him; but after he retired, the appetizing smell of the bacon, together with the ...
— My Lady of the North • Randall Parrish

... and walked out into the library. I was so completely fagged out by the strain I had been under that I staggered as I walked. The library door opened and Johnson came in. He was beaming, actually ...
— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln

... all right, Mr. Alley" breaks in Oliver, though not rudely, he is much too fagged to be rude, "I'm leaving at the end of the week if it's convenient ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet

... touchiness, he wrote for all his scrip to be handed over to him; and thereafter loss and gain depended on himself alone. It certainly brought a new element of variety into his life. The mischief was, he could get to his study of the money-market only with a fagged brain. And the fear lest he should do something rash or let a lucky chance slip kept ...
— Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson

... glad to have a change. The spring was well under way. Paris was never more beautiful, with flowers everywhere; but Mrs. Brown confessed to being a little tired of housekeeping; and Molly was looking a little fagged. The lecture rooms were hot and the dinners at the restaurants were not so delightful, now that the novelty had worn off. Spring fever was the real matter with them and a good lazy time at the chateau in Normandy was all ...
— Molly Brown's Orchard Home • Nell Speed


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