Meaning & use
knackered
Extremely tired or completely exhausted, often after strenuous physical effort or a very long day.
See it in a sentence
After the marathon, she was completely knackered and could barely climb the stairs.
He felt knackered after working a double shift at the hospital.
A note on using this word
Knackered is British informal slang, rarely used in American English, where exhausted or worn out is more common.
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Words with an opposite meaning
energeticrefreshed
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