- wasted
- I(Roget's IV) modif.Syn. squandered, spent, destroyed, lost, consumed, eaten up, thrown away, shriveled, gaunt, emaciated, decayed, depleted, scattered, drained, gone for nothing, misapplied, useless, to no avail, down the drain, unappreciated, of no use, worthless.Ant. preserved*, saved, useful.II(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.1. gaunt emaciated, wizened, atrophied, deathly, cadaverous, rawboned, withered, anorexic, deathly.2. Sl. *high, *buzzed, intoxicated, *baked, *fried, *loaded, *out of it, *stoned, *tripping.ANT.: 1. healthy, robust. 2. soberIII(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Physically haggard: cadaverous, drawn, emaciated, gaunt, shrunken, skeletal. Idiom: skin and bones. See BETTER, TIRED.
English dictionary for students. 2013.