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| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, feeble, immoral, obsolete, soft, spent, washed-out*, wasted, weak, worn out, burnt out, declining, enfeebled, far-gone, overrefined, overripe, played out, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | capable, tireless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unproductive |
| Synonyms: | barren, fruitless, impotent, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, infecund, unprolific |
| Antonyms: | productive, useful, working |
| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
| Synonyms: | debased, debauched, decaying, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, immoral, lost, moribund, perverted, wanton, wicked, declining, gone bad, gone to the dogs, overripe |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | decayed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten, falling apart |
| Synonyms: | addled, bad, carrion, effete, putrid, rank, ruined, spoiled, wasted, withered, carious, corroded, decomposed, gangrenous, moldered, overripe, perished, putrefied, putrescent, riddled, rotted |
| Antonyms: | flourishing, growing, improving, developing, germinating, ripening |
| Main Entry: | decrepit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age |
| Synonyms: | aged, antiquated, bedraggled, broken-down, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm, insubstantial, old, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out, anile, battered, creaky, quavering, tottering, tumble-down, weakly |
| Antonyms: | fit, healthy, young |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, retrograde, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, wicked, worsen, degenerated, demeaned, flatitious, overripe, retrogressive, vitiated |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
| Antonyms: | moral, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | depleted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | bare, bleary*, destitute, drained, effete, kaput*, reduced, sold, spent, used, vacant, wasted, weakened, worn, worn out, all in, collapsed, decreased, depreciated, devoid of, emptied, far-gone, in want, lessened, out of, pooped out, sapped, short of, sold out, sucked out, used up, washed out, without resources |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, increased, unused, augmented, unconsumed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | done in |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted |
| Synonyms: | bushed*, dead, depleted, done, effete, spent, tired, washed-out*, weary, worn-out, all in, fagged, far-gone, on last leg, ready to drop, used up |
| Antonyms: | rested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used up; exhausted |
| Synonyms: | beat*, bleary, dead, depleted, dragging, effete, pooped*, spent, washed-out, weary, worn-out, all in, burned out, dead tired, far-gone, hacked, wiped-out |
| Antonyms: | full, lively, energized |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feeble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; ineffective |
| Synonyms: | aged, ailing, chicken*, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, doddering, dopey*, effete, enervated, exhausted, failing, faint, flabby*, flat, fragile, frail, gentle, helpless, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficient, infirm, insubstantial, insufficient, lame, languid, low, paltry, poor, powerless, puny, sickly, slight, tame, thin, unconvincing, weak, weakened, woozy*, zero*, emasculated, enfeebled, etiolated, out of gas, sapless, strengthless, vitiated, weakly, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | able, effective, hardy, healthy, hearty, powerful, solid, sound, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | femininity/feminine |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | womanly |
| Synonyms: | effeminate, effete, fertile, gender, womanish, gynic, womanhood, womanliness |
| Antonyms: | masculinity |
| Main Entry: | impotent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled; unable to perform action |
| Synonyms: | barren, crippled, dud, effete, enervated, feeble, frail, gutless, helpless, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infirm, nerveless, paper tiger*, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, weak, enfeebled, forceless, infecund |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, fertile, potent, productive, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infertile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not bearing fruit, young |
| Synonyms: | barren, depleted, drained, effete, exhausted, impotent, impoverished, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, infecund, nonproductive, unbearing, unfertile |
| Antonyms: | fertile, fruitful, potent, productive |
| Main Entry: | spent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used up, gone; tired out |
| Synonyms: | bleary, blown, bushed, dead*, debilitated, depleted, dissipated, down the drain*, drained, effete, enervated, exhausted, finished, limp, lost, prostrate, shot, used, washed-up*, wasted, weakened, weary, worn out, all in, burnt-out, consumed, disbursed, dog-tired, done-in, expended, fagged, far-gone, had it, played-out, ready to drop, shattered, thrown away, wearied |
| Antonyms: | retained, saved, hoarded |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sterile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unproductive, clean |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, arid, aseptic, bare, barren, bleak, dead, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, hygienic, impotent, infertile, sanitary, sterilized, unfruitful, unprofitable, vain, waste, decontaminated, disinfected, germ-free, infecund, pasteurized, septic, uninfected, unprolific, without issue |
| Antonyms: | dirty, fruitful, productive |
| Main Entry: | worn/worn-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used, tired |
| Synonyms: | beat, bushed*, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, gone, hackneyed, haggard, jaded, kaput*, old, overworked, pooped*, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, timeworn, useless, weary, burned out, busted, clichéd, consumed, frayed, had it, knocked out, out of gas, overused, pinched, played out, the worse for wear, tired out, totaled, used up, wearied, well-worn, wiped out, worn down, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | worn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | used |
| Synonyms: | beat, bushed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, gone, hackneyed, haggard, jaded, kaput, old, overworked, pooped, ragged, ruined, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, timeworn, tired, useless, weary, worn-out, burned out, busted, clichéd, consumed, dinged, frayed, had it, knocked out, overused, pegged out, pinched, played-out, tired out, totaled, used up, wearied, well-worn, wiped out, worn-down, wrung out |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to support growth |
| Synonyms: | arid, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, impotent, impoverished, infertile, parched, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, waste, infecund, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile |
| Antonyms: | fecund, fertile, filled, full, growing, productive, useful, developing |
| Main Entry: | done |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accomplished, finished |
| Synonyms: | complete, completed, depleted, down, drained, effete, ended, executed, exhausted, fixed, fulfilled, over, perfected, realized, rendered, set, spent, through, wired, wrought, a wrap, all in, all over, brought about, brought to pass, buttoned up, compassed, concluded, consummated, effected, performed, succeeded, terminated, used up |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, undone, unfinished, unperfected |
| Main Entry: | exhausted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely tired |
| Synonyms: | all in, beat*, bleary, bone-weary, bushed, crippled, dead tired, dead*, debilitated, disabled, dog-tired, done for*, done in*, drained, effete, enervated, frazzled, had it, kaput*, limp, out on one's feet, outta gas, prostrated, ready to drop, run-down, sapped, shot*, spent, tired out, wasted*, weak, weakened, wearied, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | animated, energetic, fresh, invigorated, lively, vigorous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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