bushed - Glite Dictionary

Examples

After a long day of hiking, I was completely bushed and ready for bed.
We're really bushed, okay?

Getting Even with Dad (1994)
I am so bushed.

The Tuxedo (2002)
After working double shifts all week, she felt utterly bushed and needed a break.
By the time the concert ended, the crowd looked bushed from dancing all night.

Synonyms

dead

vsbushed

Informal

131 6.6

Extremely tired and with no energy after hard work

is similar but without the same bluntness in tone

weary

vsbushed

129 3.2

Feeling very tired after hard work or long effort

is stronger, showing a more complete or extreme exhaustion

exhausted

vsbushed

104 2.0

Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy

is the informal way to express the same extreme tiredness

all in

vsbushed

UK

27 5.4

Very tired and cannot do anything

is the general informal alternative without regional coloring

fatigued

vsbushed

13 4.1

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is more informal and conversational for the same deep tiredness

beat

vsbushed

Informal

5 6.7

Very tired and without energy

is comparable but may sound a bit more colourful or rural

dog-tired

vsbushed

Informal

3 6.4

Very tired after doing hard work for a long time

is similar but slightly more colloquial in common speech

aweary

vsbushed

Archaic

1 9.9

Very tired in both body and mind from long trouble or hard work

is the modern informal expression rather than an old form

whacked

vsbushed

UK

9.3

Feeling very tired with no energy left

is the broader informal way to say one feels very tired

wacked

vsbushed

Informal

8.7

Very tired and without energy after hard work

is the standard informal expression for the same exhaustion

deuced tired

vsbushed

Archaic

9.9

Feeling very tired and unable to do much

is the common modern informal way to state deep tiredness

perishingly tired

vsbushed

Informal

7.9

Very low on energy and unable to do much

is the simpler informal form without extra emphasis

wearied

vsbushed

3.4

Feeling very tired after hard physical or mental effort

is more general and often used for spontaneous exhaustion

as tired as HE-double-toothpicks

vsbushed

Informal

9.9

So tired you can hardly move

is the plain informal way to say one feels completely exhausted

Antonyms

energetic

93 1.6

Full of energy and active

refreshed

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

How Tired

spent

3.5

bushed

Informal

1 8.2

weary

129 3.2

tired

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

bushed positive

Morphology

bushed = bush (opaque) = bush + ed

Although formed from 'bush' + the adjectival/past suffix '-ed', the meaning 'extremely tired' is not derivable from 'bush' for most learners and reflects idiomatic/dialectal development.

Etymology

Bushed is easy to remember if you think of the bush, the wild countryside where long travel or hard work leaves people worn out. So, bushed means 'extremely tired'.