spent
/spent/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Completely exhausted; drained of energy or effectiveness: Describes a state of extreme physical or mental fatigue, where one's strength or vitality has been used up.
- Depleted; used up; having no remaining force or power: Describes something that has been consumed, exhausted, or is no longer effective or viable.
Usage Examples
- Describing a person or creature:
- After running the marathon, he was completely spent and could barely walk.
- The spent horse could not pull the cart any further.
- Describing resources or energy:
- The battery was spent and needed to be recharged.
- They fought until their ammunition was spent.
- Describing abstract qualities:
- His anger was spent; he felt only a deep sadness.
- The argument was over, their passion spent.
Advanced Usage
- "Spent force": A person, movement, or idea that is no longer effective or influential.
- After the election, the political party was considered a spent force.
- "Spent cartridge/case": The empty metal case that remains after a bullet has been fired.
- The ground was littered with spent cartridges after the battle.
Variants and Related Words
- Spend (verb): To use up or pay out (money, time, energy).
- He spends a lot of time reading.
- Spending (noun): The act of using money to pay for goods or services.
- Government spending increased this year.
Synonyms
- Exhausted: Drained of one's physical or mental resources.
- Depleted: Reduced in amount or number; used up.
- Fatigued: Worn out from labor or exertion.
- Worn-out: Exhausted or used until no longer effective.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: 'Spent' is primarily an adjective or the past participle of 'spend'. It does not commonly form phrasal verbs itself. The base verb 'spend' forms phrasal verbs.) - Spend on: To use money to buy something. - She spent a fortune on that car. - Spend up: (Informal) To spend all of one's money. - I'm completely spent up until payday.
Related Idioms
- To be spent: To be completely exhausted.
- By the end of the double shift, every nurse was spent.
- A spent bullet: Literally, a bullet that has lost its force; figuratively, an argument or threat that is no longer effective.
- His criticism was like a spent bullet; it no longer bothered her.
Adjective
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drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
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the day's shopping left her exhausted
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he went to bed dog-tired
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was fagged and sweaty
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the trembling of his played out limbs
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felt completely washed-out
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only worn-out horses and cattle
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you look worn out
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depleted of energy, force, or strength
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impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil
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the exhausted food sources
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exhausted oil wells
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