buggered-upadj.
/ˌbʌɡədˈʌp/, U.S. /ˌbəɡərdˈəp/ slang (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand).
Ruined, broken, damaged; (of a person) extremely tired, exhausted; confused.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]
wearyc825
asadc1306
ateyntc1325
attaintc1325
recrayed1340
methefula1350
for-wearya1375
matea1375
taintc1380
heavy1382
fortireda1400
methefula1400
afoundered?a1425
tewedc1440
travailedc1440
wearisomec1460
fatigate1471
defatigatec1487
tired1488
recreant1490
yolden?1507
fulyeit?a1513
traiked?a1513
tavert1535
wearied1538
fatigated1552
awearya1555
forwearied1562
overtired1567
spenta1568
done1575
awearied1577
stank1579
languishinga1586
bankrupt?1589
fordone1590
spent1591
overwearied1592
overworn1592
outworn1597
half-dead1601
back-broken1603
tiry1611
defatigated1612
dog-wearya1616
overweary1617
exhaust1621
worn-out1639
embossed1651
outspent1652
exhausted1667
beaten1681
bejaded1687
harassed1693
jaded1693
lassate1694
defeata1732
beat out1758
fagged1764
dog-tired1770
fessive1773
done-up1784
forjeskit1786
ramfeezled1786
done-over1789
fatigued1791
forfoughten1794
worn-up1812
dead1813
out-burnta1821
prostrate1820
dead beat1822
told out1822
bone-tireda1825
traiky1825
overfatigued1834
outwearied1837
done like (a) dinner1838
magged1839
used up1839
tuckered outc1840
drained1855
floored1857
weariful1862
wappered1868
bushed1870
bezzled1875
dead-beaten1875
down1885
tucked up1891
ready (or fit) to drop1892
buggered-up1893
ground-down1897
played1897
veal-bled1899
stove-up1901
trachled1910
ragged1912
beat up1914
done in1917
whacked1919
washy1922
pooped1928
shattered1930
punchy1932
shagged1932
shot1939
whipped1940
buggered1942
flaked (out)1942
fucked1949
sold-out1958
wiped1958
burnt out1959
wrung out1962
juiced1965
hanging1971
zonked1972
maxed1978
raddled1978
zoned1980
cream crackered1983
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]
yblenta1225
amazed?c1225
wory?c1225
mingedc1275
willc1300
distracta1340
confounded1362
confuse1362
distraitc1374
whapedc1374
wilsomea1375
poseletc1390
distraught1393
perplexa1425
wildc1440
wiltc1440
dodemusydc1450
mistedc1450
unclearc1475
mazed1493
perplexeda1500
traversablea1500
mazyc1525
entangled1561
muddy?1571
distraughted1572
moidered1587
wondering1592
puzzled1598
plundered1601
distracted1604
uncollected1613
wildered1642
turbid1647
tosticated1650
fuddled1656
pixie-led1659
puzzling1692
bumbazed1720
maffled1820
obfuscated1822
confused1825
muddly1829
mystified1833
maze1842
obfusticatedc1844
head-scratching1849
clueless1862
flustery1862
befogged1868
deurmekaar1871
mosy1887
skewgee1890
buggered-up1893
confusticated1898
smock-ravelled1904
messed-up1913
screwed-up1943
hung up1945
lost1967
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > damaged
mangledc1400
shendedc1400
vitiate?a1475
appaired1475
wrack1487
maggleda1522
manka1522
mankeda1522
spiltc1540
massacred1590
through-galled1594
spoiled1598
flawed1608
impaired1611
damaged1771
scathed1791
waterlogged1795
spoilt1816
wrecked1818
injured1857
marred1870
buggered-up1893
messed-up1909
puckerooed1919
dinged1920
trashed1926
mucked-up1930
sheg-up1941
buggered1942
screwed-up1942
mucked-about1966
1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 30/2 Floored. Vanquished; brought under; ruined... English Synonyms..bitched-up,..buggered up.
1905 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Morning Jrnl. 31 July 4/3 The country appears to be pretty badly buggered up.
1917 E. Masson Let. 11 Nov. in H. Wade Story of Marriage (1995) I. 42 For many a long day she has been suffering from severe pains in the joints..and general feelings of being ‘buggered up’.
1950 P. Larkin Let. 2 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 160 I appreciate your desire to help... I do surely feel buggered up.
1997 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 July 4 Objects on display include a buggered-up cordless phone, a broken waffle-maker, [etc.].
2003 L. Carlyle Devil You Know 387 I might have been a bit buggered-up in the head, Cam, but I knew that was not right.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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