Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

done up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.52 in modern English

Syllables: done up
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of do up

adj

Worn-out, exhausted.

Colloquial; Obsolete

adj

Ruined by excess, especially gambling.

American usage; Colloquial; Obsolete

Example Sentences

""You'd better lie down for a bit. I expect you're about done up." -- "There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown? -- "No, sir.""
""By ginger, I'm glad you came along, Mudgy; I give you my word I couldn't have walked another half-mile. I'm done up, absolutely.""
"Near-synonyms: effete, dissipated"

Usage

Inflected Forms

more done up (comparative) most done up (superlative)

Synonyms

tired used up consumed depleted out done up effete exhausted all expended gone finished

Questions

What does done up mean?: past participle of do up

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