different between exhausted vs buggered

English

Etymology

From exhaust +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?st?d/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /???z?st?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??st?d/

Adjective

exhausted (comparative more exhausted, superlative most exhausted)

1. Very tired; in a state of exhaustion.

   The exhausted man fell asleep immediately.

2. Depleted of resources.

   The exhausted mine was worthless once all the ore had been extracted.

3. (sciences, now historical) Emptied of contents, especially of air; that has been made into a vacuum.
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 839:

     A man can live in thick air, but perishes in an exhausted receiver.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fatigued or Thesaurus:depleted

Derived terms

• exhaustipated
• exhaustedly
• exhaustedness

Translations

Verb

exhausted

1. simple past tense and past participle of exhaust

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

buggered (comparative more buggered, superlative most buggered)

1. (slang) Broken; not properly functioning.

   Your telly is buggered, best get it fixed.

   It's well and truly buggered now; you may as well throw it out.
2. (slang) In trouble; in a bad situation.

   The police caught you on CCTV, now you're really buggered.
3. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Tired, worn-out, exhausted.

   You'll have to take over from here, mate, I'm completely buggered.

Synonyms

• (broken): fucked, kaput, stuffed; See also Thesaurus:out of order
• (in trouble): fucked, in for it; See also Thesaurus:in trouble
• (tired): all in, done in, exhausted; See also Thesaurus:fatigued

Verb

buggered

1. simple past tense and past participle of bugger

Anagrams

• begrudge, debugger