fagged

verb

past tense of fag
1
as in labored
to devote serious and sustained effort the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way

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2
as in exhausted
to use up all the physical energy of the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fagged
  1. labored
  2. exhausted
  3. struggled
  4. tired
  5. worked
  6. wore
  7. endeavored
  8. killed
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  • His parents labored to reclaim local wetlands to grow wheat and soybeans.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The Virginia Theological Seminary makes annual cash payments to the descendants whose family members labored on its campus during slavery and Jim Crow eras.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of labored
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  • His crass, combative rhetoric, frequent public attacks and norm-breaking behavior have exhausted the American people.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The collateral damage could be to exhausted voters who simply wanted the direction of the country to change.
    — Christopher Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • Yet when asked to move beyond answering questions to framing their own, many struggled.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But Lloyd, who had long struggled with mental health issues, was also suffering from drug addiction, and conflicts with Verlaine led to the band’s breakup.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of struggled
Verb
  • For the project Winter and her team tired coupling plasma with electrocatalysis.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Shelton’s serve had manacled him just enough; the first set’s effort had tired him just enough.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tired
Verb
  • Kelly, who lost to High in the primaries and later worked full time for him, attributed the defeat to general discontent with the Democratic party.
    — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The reigning Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year, who was a rodeo cowboy in his youth, has worked with Justin Boots on a collection of men’s boots.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of worked
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  • Bacall wore the bracelet in her daily life, carrying with her that small memento of the film that marked the beginning of her relationship with Bogart.
    — Filippo Iarocci, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Many friends wore vintage, some designed their own looks, and others even wore their own wedding dresses.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of wore
Verb
  • Founded in 2019, Ant Design has long endeavored to develop more versatile multitools around swappable components.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Though eventually abandoned due to cost, this system of surveillance endeavored to equate producers with virtue.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of endeavored
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  • The third-deadliest coal mine disaster in United States history — the Cherry Mine fire in Cherry, Illinois, a town of 500 about 90 miles southwest of Chicago — killed 259 men and boys.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Prosecutors said Murdaugh, 58, killed his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, on their sprawling property in the South Carolina Lowcountry in 2021.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
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“Fagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fagged. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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