spent
If you're spent, you are completely worn out or exhausted. Almost everyone feels completely spent after climbing a mountain or running a marathon.
When you're spent, you've used up your reserves of energy, and when a physical item is spent, it's outlived its usefulness. Spent fuel, for example, has been burned and can no longer power a machine, and a rocket might power a space shuttle until it's spent and falls away. The adjective spent comes from the verb spend, "to pay out," which has the Latin root expendere, "to pay down."
Definitions of spent
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depleted of energy, force, or strength
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synonyms:
exhausted
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Antonyms:
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unexhausted
not used up completely
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left, left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended
not used up
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unconsumed
not consumed
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unexpended, unspent
(of financial resources) not spent
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unexhausted
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drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
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synonyms:
dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn out, worn-out
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tired
depleted of strength or energy
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tired
Pronunciation
US
/spɛnt/
UK
/spɛnt/
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