Synonyms for burned up

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : burn

Phonetic Transcription : bɜrn

Top 10 synonyms for burned up

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Définition of burned up

Origin : 12c., combination of Old Norse brenna "to burn, light," and two originally distinct Old English verbs: bærnan "to kindle" (transitive) and beornan "to be on fire" (intransitive), all from Proto-Germanic *brennan/*branajan (cf. Middle Dutch bernen, Dutch branden, Old High German brinnan, German brennen, Gothic -brannjan "to set on fire"). This perhaps is from PIE *gwher- "to heat, warm" (see warm (adj.)), or from PIE *bhre-n-u, from root *bhreue- "to boil forth, well up" (see brew (v.)). Related: Burned/burnt (see -ed); burning.
Figuratively (of passions, battle, etc.) in Old English. Meaning "cheat, swindle, victimize" is first attested 1650s. In late 18c, slang, burned meant "infected with venereal disease." To burn one's bridges (behind one) "behave so as to destroy any chance of returning to a status quo" (attested by 1892 in Mark Twain), perhaps ultimately is from reckless cavalry raids in the American Civil War. Slavic languages have historically used different and unrelated words for the transitive and intransitive senses of "set fire to"/"be on fire:" cf. Polish palić/gorzeć, Russian žeč'/gorel.

As in incensed : adj very angry
As in indignant : adj angry
As in burned : adj consumed
As in fit to be tied : adj extremely angry
As in gone : adj not present, no longer in existence
As in kindle : verb excite, incite
As in outrage : verb wrong, offend, abuse
As in scrutinize : verb examine closely
As in sear : verb dry, burn
As in storm : verb attack, rush
As in trouble : verb bother, worry
As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
As in agitate : verb disturb, trouble someone
As in dissipate : verb expend, spend
As in distress : verb worry, upset
As in disturb : verb bother, upset
As in flare : verb erupt, blow
As in anger : verb make someone mad; become mad
As in annoy : verb irritate, upset

Example sentences :

With every movement we make, a portion of this fuel is burned up in our muscles.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 » by Various

Happen most of it is burned up, though—but that's no fault of Robin's.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Then he relaid the fire, and, when he lighted it, it burned up quickly.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various

Do you know how the man came to be burned up in the calaboose?'
Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

"Better be burned up, than butchered by the redskins," said he, at last.
Extract from : « Hope and Have » by Oliver Optic

The fish-house got afire, and burned up; and that was the last we saw of the gold.
Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic

The files were burned up, the presses destroyed; the Cowboy was a memory.
Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.

He'd be dead anyway, as the ship plunged into the atmosphere and burned up.
Extract from : « Pushbutton War » by Joseph P. Martino

It wasn't until afterward that she learned they'd been burned up with the house.
Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr

The flames, as they burned up, showed us the wild character of the place we were in.
Extract from : « Manco, the Peruvian Chief » by W.H.G. Kingston

Antonyms for burned up

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