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- [boo sht]
- /bʊʃt/
- /bʊʃt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [boo sht]
- /bʊʃt/
Definitions of bushed word
- adjective bushed If you say that you are bushed, you mean that you are extremely tired. 3
- adjective bushed extremely tired; exhausted 3
- adjective bushed mentally disturbed from living in isolation, esp in the north 3
- adjective bushed lost or bewildered, as in the bush 3
- adjective bushed bewildered, as by being lost in the bush 3
- adjective bushed very tired; exhausted 3
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Origin of bushed
First appearance:
before 1485 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1485-95; bush1 + -ed2, -ed3
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Parts of speech for Bushed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bushed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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adj bushed
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- spent — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- worn — past participle of wear.
- tired — having a tire or tires.
Antonyms for bushed
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