knackered

Etymology 1
From the verb.

Adjective

 * 1)  Tired or exhausted.
 * 2) * 2003, Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare (editors), The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values, Frank Cass Publishers, London, 2005, |most+knackered%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SfuXT8P-HLCYiAfDqunVBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20knackered%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 225,
 * Then, it all just gets worse and worse, you don't sleep so much, so you don't recover as well from the day's racing, so you go into your reserves, you get more knackered, so you sleep less... It's simply a vicious circle.
 * Then, it all just gets worse and worse, you don't sleep so much, so you don't recover as well from the day's racing, so you go into your reserves, you get more knackered, so you sleep less... It's simply a vicious circle.

Usage notes

 * Formerly considered a rude word –possibly implying that the subject was exhausted from having sex, perhaps due to conflation with – and still considered offensive by some (primarily older British people).

Synonyms

 * ; See also Thesaurus:fatigued

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, destrossat, , plegat en dos
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sippi, sipissä, ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Hungarian:, nagyon fáradt
 * Italian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: claoidhte
 * Spanish:, , , para el arrastre
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Welsh: wedi blino'n lân, wedi ymlâdd

Etymology 2
From "ready for the " or "fit to be knackered", meaning "worn-out livestock, fit to be slaughtered and rendered".

Adjective

 * 1)  Broken, inoperative.

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:out of order

Translations

 * Finnish: sippi, sipannut
 * French:, , , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Spanish:, , , , , para el arrastre, hecho unos zorros