What does knackered mean in English? Meaning of knackered definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "knackered" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "knackered": very tired
Adjective
Meaning: very tired
Synonyms: drained
knackered
Similar: tired
Pronunciation in UK: /ˈnæk.əd/
Adjective: (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) tired or exhausted. I can't go out tonight — I'm knackered. 2002, Robert Edenborough, Effective Interviewing: A Handbook of Skills and Techniques, pages 97-98 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. 2009, Grace Maxwell, Falling & Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins, page 84, 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 the first moment he lands in the chair.2002, Robert Edenborough, Effective Interviewing: A Handbook of Skills and Techniques, pages 97-98 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.2009, Grace Maxwell, Falling & Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins, page 84, 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 the first moment he lands in the chair.
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