pooped

1 5.8

Being very tired and without energy after hard exercise

adjective
/puːpt/

Informal

: agotado

I think we're all pretty pooped.

We are both super pooped retired.

Examples

After running the marathon, I felt completely pooped.
She was so pooped from the long hike that she fell asleep on the couch.
We are both super pooped retired.

Aspyn Ovard
Sometimes they're pooped out, sometimes they live with you for a few days, and we have some spies that live with you for a few months.
The kids were pooped after playing outside all day.

Synonyms

tired

vspooped

∞ 1.0

Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy

is more intense and tied to physical effort than this general state

exhausted

vspooped

104 2.0

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

matches intensity but is the standard, less colloquial term

fatigued

vspooped

13 4.1

Feeling very tired and having no energy

is similar but sounds more informal and everyday

washed-out

vspooped

Informal

1 5.1

Being very tired and without energy

is the same exhaustion but emphasizes casual, physical tiredness after activity

sluggy

vspooped

1 7.8

Feeling slow and without energy

refers specifically to strong tiredness after physical activity rather than sluggishness

tuckered

vspooped

Informal

7.4

Very tired after a lot of activity or a long day

is the same feeling but more neutral rather than informal

knickered

vspooped

9.6

Very tired after hard physical activity

is similar but uses a more neutral everyday word

whooped

vspooped

Informal

6.0

Feeling very tired after physical effort

expresses the same state but in a more neutral register

gassed

vspooped

Informal

7.6

Being very tired and out of breath after hard exercise

focuses on the same exhaustion but in more neutral language

Antonyms

refreshed

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

How Tired

exhausted

104 2.0

pooped

Informal

1 5.8

weary

129 3.2

tired

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

pooped positive

Morphology

pooped = poop (semi-transparent) = poop + ed

Formed regularly from the verb 'poop' with the adjectival past-participle '-ed', but the base verb sense 'to tire' is informal and learners may instead know 'poop' primarily as a childish word for faeces, causing possible confusion.

Etymology

Pooped means very tired, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of the old ship word poop, which means the boat's 'rear'. One popular image is a heavy wave hitting from the back and leaving the crew 'pooped' or worn out, so pooped now means 'very tired'.