zonked
- adjective
- /zɔŋkt/
- Informal
- After the party, everyone was zonked and went straight to bed.
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- They look like they were just zonked like zombies.
Examples
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This weekend I was pretty zonked out.
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I mean, I'm zonked, bro.
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God, I don't know what happened to me but I feel zonked.
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I'm pretty zonked actually.
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I'm pretty zonked.
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Wow, she's really zonked.
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I'm so zonked, I didn't even open the blinds yet, and, uh... you know what--it's actually a really nice day out, now that I see it.
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After a long week of work, I felt completely zonked on Saturday morning.
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He was so zonked from staying up all night that he fell asleep at his desk.
Synonyms
Become not awake
Feeling very tired and wanting to close your eyes
Feeling very tired and having no energy
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored
Feeling very tired with no energy left
Not fully paying attention and feeling confused or dreamy
Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert
Very drunk or extremely tired
Having eyes that look tired and like you want to close them
Very tired and without energy after hard work
Sleepy and likely to fall asleep
Feeling sleepy or making you want to sleep
Feeling very tired and without energy
Very tired and unable to keep your eyes open
Calm and quiet in a way that makes you feel sleepy
A calm, quiet mood that makes you feel sleepy
Feeling very tired and without energy
So tired you can hardly move
Antonyms
How Tired
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word zonked likely comes from the slang verb zonk, which meant 'to hit' or 'to stun', and from the idea of being 'knocked out'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine tiredness hitting you so hard you fall asleep, which is why zonked means extremely tired, asleep, or out of it.