to look zogged

9.9

To be very tired after hard activity or little sleep

phrasal verb

Slang

: verse agotado

You look zogged after that long hike.

Examples

She looked zogged when she got off the ten-hour train ride.
You always look zogged after those overnight shifts at the hospital.
After pulling an all-nighter to finish his project, he looked zogged at the morning meeting.
I looked zogged after the night shift.
After pulling an all-nighter to finish his project, he looked zogged at the morning meeting.
You always looked zogged after those overnight shifts at the hospital.
She looked zogged when she got off the ten-hour train ride.

Synonyms

to look peakish

vsto look zogged

9.0

Appear a little unwell and pale

emphasizes extreme exhaustion from hard activity or lack of sleep

Antonyms

energetic

93 1.6

Full of energy and active

refreshed

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

Surface Forms

look zogged infinitive

looked zogged past

looked zogged past participle

looking zogged present participle

looks zogged third person singular

Morphology

look + zogged

The second constituent 'zogged' is not a recognizable English word or dictionary entry, so knowing 'look' alone does not let a B1 learner infer the meaning 'extremely tired'. Because the key lexical item is unknown (likely slang or a nonce) and there is no transparent compositional or cross-linguistic cue, the expression is unpredictable.

Etymology

The phrase look zogged may come from a picture of someone whose energy has been zogged away, like a machine with its battery empty. So, if someone looks zogged, they appear 'very tired'.