Meaning & use
Peaked
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Reached the highest or most successful point, after which decline usually follows.
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The band's popularity peaked in the late 1990s.
Ticket sales peaked the week before the concert.
A note on using this word
Also used as an adjective in British English to mean looking pale, tired, or unwell, as in 'you look a bit peaked.'
Words with a similar meaning
culminatedmaxed outtopped out
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Words with an opposite meaning
bottomed out
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Looking pale, sickly, or tired.
You look peaked today; are you feeling all right?
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